Chapter Thirty-Two
Jia stared at Erik from where she sat on her couch.
When he’d contacted her to say he was coming by, she had been taken off-guard, but she couldn’t say no. She’d never expected the story about Agent Koval. Now she felt silly for wondering if he was coming by to ask her for a date. She’d all but forced him into looking for dates before, and she needed to accept that a personal life was something that distracted him from his main reason for continuing to live.
Erik shrugged from his chair, his forehead creased with worry. “And that’s where I’m at. I told her I’d have to think about it.”
“You’re going to do it, aren’t you?” Jia groaned. “I’m betting you didn’t consider not doing it. Not really.”
“I don’t have a choice, Jia.” He looked up. “I think she knew she had me t
