Arianne had left the last hour of her afternoon open on purpose, clearing it the moment her contact in Rohan sent back a name. She was still rereading the surgeon's credentials for the third time when her assistant buzzed to say Nate had arrived early.
"Send him in."
Nate stepped through the door in a jacket that didn't belong to a man who spent most of his days behind a bar, the kind he only wore when he wanted a meeting to feel like it mattered. He stopped just inside the office, taking in the twins camped out on the small couch by the window, homework spread across the coffee table between them, and Lexx propped in the playpen tucked into the corner, both fists wrapped around a teething ring he refused to let go of.
"Am I interrupting something?"
"They're supposed to be finishing their reading before dinner." Arianne didn't look up from her screen. "They're finishing it very slowly."
"We're almost done," Lily said, not looking up either.
