Redemption (Tempt #3)

CHAPTER SEVEN

M y phone buzzed. I assumed it was Edward again, and I was prepared to send his call to voice mail. But instead, Greer’s name flashed on the screen, along with a picture of us from her birthday trip a few years ago. We were smiling, best friends after almost two decades. My gut clenched with guilt—both familiar and unwanted.

For years, I’d suppressed my guilt over my secret relationship with Jackson. I told myself it was in the past. It didn’t matter. Besides, Greer’s biggest fear had been that Jackson would ruin her relationship with me. And despite how difficult it had been, I had never let what had happened with her brother come between us.

But seeing Jackson again, knowing that I’d be spending the next two months with him… It had a funny way of bringing all the guilt, all the secrets, all the lies, back to the forefront of my mind. And since Jackson and I hadn’t touched on the topic of Greer earlier, I could only assume he hadn’t told her about his new assignment.