Chapter 25

"I have to take this," Elena said, picking her phone up from the counter.

"Your boyfriend, I'm guessing?" Gavin asked annoyance and jealousy in his tone.

"I have to take this," she repeated and left the small space, brushing against Gavin as she did so. "Hello?"

"Elena, I'm sorry this week has been hectic."

"Yeah, I gathered that."

"You don't work on weekends right?"

"Yeah…why?"

"The getaway I was talking about. It's a five-hour drive so we have to leave early. I'll pick you up in twenty minutes, whatever you can't pack we'll buy on the way—"

"Wait a minute, hold on, Marcus. What do you mean you'll pick me up in twenty minutes?"

"I just said it's a five-hour drive and we need to beat traffic." He said it like it was the most obvious thing ever and he did not just drop a bomb on her.

"Can you hear yourself?"

"Is there a problem?" He asked. Confusion laced his tone.

"What do you mean 'is there a problem?'? You haven't responded to my texts in days, you haven't picked up my calls and yo