Chapter 43

"I was just going to call you," Evelyn said immediately he entered the office. He had gotten to work a little late due to the saga at the store. "Did something happen?" She asked. Her mind still wasn't settled on how the incidence with the Alcantras ended the previous night and she knew what they were capable of. Everyone did.

"I slept in," he said with a smile.

"You had me worried there," she breathed a sigh of relief. "You look happy?" She said but it came out as a question as she looked at the small smile that played on his lips. Since she had been working with him, she knew he didn't appreciate the job but there was not much he could do about it, hence, he always came in grumpy but that day was a different case. "Did you win the lottery?" She quirked her eyebrows at him.

He looked to be in thoughts for a while before he nodded like a child. "I guess I did," he smiled.

"You did?" She opened her eyes widely.

"Yeah. I have you as a friend. That's a lottery," he sent her a heart-warmi