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Should he tell her that Tamsyn wasn’t just his girlfriend?

No.

That wasn’t a conversation he needed to have right now.

First, he tried calling Tamsyn. Still no answer. Shit.

He shot off a message to the group chat.

Salem:Just got home. Mum is here. She met Tamsyn, but Tamsyn told her that she was our cleaner. Mum told her to leave as she thought she was being lazy and now I don’t know where she is. She’s also not answering her phone. Roman, I thought you were home all day today?

No answer.Crap.

He wasn’t even sure where she lived. But Roman had her fill in a temporary employment agreement and NDA, so that would surely have her address.

As he walked down the hallway, he called her again.

Then he froze.

Was that the sound of a phone ringing? Was she here? Had she come back?

He held his phone to his ear as he pinpointed where the noise was coming from.

Her bedroom.

He rushed inside and then he saw her phone sitting on the nightstand, charging. They’d picked up a charger for it the other day when shopping.

Fucking hell.

She’d left without her phone? He opened her closet. All of the clothes he’d bought her were in here. And so was her old, ratty jacket that he’d replaced.

Then another thought occurred to him, and he rushed down the stairs to the coat closet.

“Salem? Are you all right?”

“Bollocks,” he muttered.

“Salem! Language!” his mother scolded.

Salem took a deep breath in and let it out slowly. He wanted to snap at his mum but it wasn’t her fault.

“Sorry, Mum.” He didn’t tell her that he’d just realized that she’d left without the coat, scarf, and hat that he’d bought her.

Because they were all sitting in the coat closet.

He hoped that she hadn’t walked far without a coat on. It was another cold day today. And he hated to think about her walking around in the cold.

She’d even left her beloved roller skates.

Perhaps she’d just left for a couple of hours to get away from his mum.

As he headed back upstairs to go check Roman’s office, his phone buzzed.

Roman:Sorry! I had a meeting. I’d forgotten about it. Where has she gone?

Salem:Back to her place, I guess. I’m just going to go find her address.

Alexei:Don’t worry. Stay with your mum.

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