Seraphina's Point Of View
"Texas?" I stared at the blinking green light on my desk phone, the word sitting heavy and foreign on my tongue. I shifted the receiver to my other ear, my gaze drifting across the skyline outside my window. "Mom, what do you mean you're in Texas? You didn't even tell me you were coming! I'm literally managing the Dallas accounts this exact week, and you just land without a word?"
"Oh, sweetie, don't use that tone with me… it was a total whirlwind!" Her voice chirped through the speaker, completely unbothered by my sharp intake of breath. "You know I told you about Charles following me all the way to Italy last month, right? The man is absolutely relentless, Phina."
