Eric was in the gym owned by Liev’s organization punching the hell out of a bag when he felt the presence of others in the space.
He’d gotten here early. It was barely seven in the morning, and he’d been at it for an hour and this gym was a thirty-minute ride from his condo. Wherever Hadlee was, she was on the same time zone as he was and it irked, he knew she’d been sleeping when he couldn’t.
Sleeping in Hadlee’s bed without her was impossible and Briar already started transforming his old room into a new nursery, so he’d returned to his place to try to rest. It didn’t work. Not being surrounded by Hadlee’s scent was killing him as much as being immersed in it.
He didn’t even blink when Neville moved to hold the bag in place. A quick glance in either direction told him Neville brought
