Chapter 20 Roman
ROMAN
Jarrid and I stepped out of Lanton House, the sun already setting.
I rolled my neck left and right, clicking out the tension that came from sitting, staring at a screen for hours.
I was used to it after all these years, but working for Thomas and Sean seemed to cause me way more stress than I was used to.
I needed to blow off some steam, one way or another, and I knew just how I’d like to do it.
Hana.
My balls literally throbbed at the thought of her.
We began walking back through town, but instead of turning to where my car was parked, I headed in the direction of the diner.
“You have a hankering for waffles or something?” Jarrid joked as he pushed his hands into his coat pockets.
“Just want a coffee,” I muttered.
“Then why not go to the coffee shop?”
I flicked him my middle finger. “Fuck off.”
“Tell Hana I said hi.”
I recoiled. “Will I fuck.”
He laughed. “Best go get that coffee and show it a really good time before someone fitter and hotter snatches her away.”
Dread settled over me like ice hardening, but I ignored it. Hana was inside the diner, where she’d been since the early hours of this morning, yet I couldn’t shake the dread that had come from being away from her today.
Having her so close had taken my need to have eyes on her almost off the scale, and now I felt like a junkie chasing his next fix.
“Go,” Jarrid instructed as if he could read my panicked thoughts, and I left him standing there, striding the short distance to the diner.
Inside, it was busy: tables full, and staff hurrying around the place. I took a seat at the counter, looking to the waitress whose name I didn’t know.
“Is Hana about?” I asked when her eyes met mine and widened as a blush spread up her neck. She leaned forwards, resting her elbows on the counter, giving me a look at her large breasts. I wasn’t interested. There was only one woman I wanted to see.
“Hana… your boss. Now, please.”
She toyed with the gold cross around her neck. “She’s not here. Went home sick hours ago.”
I pushed up from the stool so fast spots appeared in front of my eyes as the blood took time to redirect to my brain. “What? No, she’s here.” I stopped myself before I let slip about the tracking software on her phone. The woman held up her phone. “She left this here, but she’s long gone.”
My mouth fell open as panic surged inside me. I’d not felt this unhinged since Thomas cut off the cameras and wouldn’t tell me where she was.
“So, she’s at home?” I asked as I snatched the phone from her. “Her car’s outside. How did she get there?”
The woman shrugged, and I made a mental note to fuck with her life on a day when I had more time, but right now, I needed to find Hana.
“Great talk,” I grumbled as I stormed out of the diner.