Ultimate Surrender: The Surrender Series, Book 2 by Jennifer Kacey Read Free Book Online

group moved toward them.
    “Can I take her home now, Wyatt?” It was Campbell who asked the question. Not knowing if she should be relieved or put out that he assumed he could ask for her kept her locked in silence. Which was a weird place to be.
    And rare.
    “Not yet. I’m gonna ask you a few things and run a few thoughts by you and Clay and then you can call it a night.”
    The sun was setting out the front windows and it dawned on her how tired she was. Tired actually didn’t even touch how bone weary she’d been. But life moved on. As apparently did the conversation when she la-la’d out for a few seconds.
    “Shouldn’t take more than fifteen or twenty minutes, and the quicker we get started the quicker we’re done. Comprende, amigo ?” Wyatt stared at Campbell, who was staring at her.
    Campbell didn’t look away and neither did she. As he looked at her she couldn’t figure out what he was trying to figure out.
    “You okay or do you need to get home now?”
    Home.
    It was the second time he’d said it and she melted a bit each time. So she stood a little straighter. Being weak did nothing for her. She nodded. “I’m fine.” Kinda. “Angela and baby Wyatt can keep me company.” It took a lot to pull her gaze from Campbell’s, but she did it and looked up at Wyatt. “You want us in the office or out here?”
    “Why don’t you guys take the office again and we’ll stay out here.”
    “Works for me. Come on, Angela. Come talk to me about baby stuff and get my mind off assholes.” She turned on her heel and headed back into the office. Feeling someone’s eyes on her, she couldn’t help but look over her shoulder to see who it was. Campbell. That wasn’t who she wanted it to be.
    “Right behind you,” Angela called out and she gave Clay a kiss and followed her.
    Clay made a face. “Hey, why doesn’t she get called on the carpet for cussing?”
    “Some dude tried to run her over today. She’s allowed a little leeway.”
    “Hey.” Campbell jumped in. “I was almost run over today so can I cuss too?”
    “No,” everyone answered at exactly the same time.
    “Oh I see how it’s going to be.”
    Natalie made it into the office and held the door handle. As soon as Angela cleared the threshold, she started closing the door but Campbell still stared at her.
    It was one of those moments that slowed down.
    Time edged to a crawl as she closed off the space between them again. His blue eyes locked on her, some kind of connection drawing tight between them as she gave them some privacy.
    As the door snapped into place she exhaled, placing her forehead on the wood.
    Gratitude for the separation warred with wanting to throw the door open and run to him.
    “You okay?” Angela rubbed her back and pulled her into a hug on the side of her body away from the baby.
    “I’ve had better days.” Totally not a lie.
    “How are you really doing?”
    Natalie separated and thought about it as she stepped over to Campbell’s desk and leaned against the edge. “Honestly?”
    “Of course.”
    “I don’t have a clue.”
    Angela nodded. “I can completely empathize with you.”
    “You can, which I hate. If this was anything like what you went through, then I did not give you near enough credit for being so full of grace last year.”
    “Grace had nothing to do with it. It was all about putting one foot in front of the other.”
    “That. Exactly that.”
    “Did Wyatt have any aha moments while he took your statement?”
    “Only one. Still made no sense to me but if he can put it all together I guess that’s why they pay him the big bucks.”
    “And by big bucks do you mean a crappy wage to run all over kingdom come and get no sleep and drink really bad coffee?”
    Natalie grinned and nodded. “Exactly those kinds of big bucks. He asked me lots of the same questions, and we discussed the other attacks in detail again. That’s why it took so long.”
    “What was his epiphany?”
    “Something about the