CALEB

I checked my phone. Again.

Still nothing. No text, no missed call, not even a single new DM. I’d even gone as far as checking my social media, scrolling through my latest followers and message requests, hoping her face would pop up somewhere.

Nothing.

I’d spent the last hour staring at a patient’s chart, but I couldn’t tell you a single word that was written on it. My mind was somewhere else entirely.

Had I read the whole thing wrong? She had kissed my cheek. Women didn’t just do that if they weren’t interested—at least, I didn’t think so. Maybe she was pretending. Maybe it had just been some...