He was happy to hear from her and told her so. “You’ve been on my mind all day,” he said, his voice husky with longing. “You’ve been on my mind, too,” she said, “Something’s happened and I need to talk to you. Can you spare a few minutes?” “Sure,” he answered without hesitation. “Where are you? I can either come to you or you could come here.” “I’m not too far from you,” Lauren said. “I’ll be there in ten minutes.” “This must be important.” A hint of worry was apparent in his voice. “You’re not in any trouble?” “I was,” she said softly, “I think the problem’s solved but you should still know about it.” “All right,” said Colton. “I’m here for you.” The Riley Construction Company offices were downtown. Lauren had a hard time finding a parking space and wound up taking longer than ten minutes to get there.
