A Caged Songbird's Escape: Into the Arms of a Predator novel Chapter 285

As soon as Elissa opened her front door, she found Tanya Foster standing there with her hands pressed together in a mock prayer, wearing a grin that screamed pure mischief.

“My bad! I heard the elevator and figured it was you, so I wanted to give you a proper welcome home.”

Tanya’s apology was earnest, but she was already snickering as she nudged, “So… how far did things go with you and Rowan tonight?”

Elissa flushed with embarrassment. “Just the first step.”

Tanya blinked, confused. “Huh?”

She never would’ve pegged Rowan as the bashful type. Honestly, it always seemed like he was the big bad wolf and Elissa the naive little lamb. But apparently, their romance was moving at the pace of a high school crush.

Kicking off her shoes, Elissa hurried over to the kitchen counter, poured herself a glass of water, and tried desperately to change the subject. “Didn’t you say you’d be landing tomorrow morning? What are you doing back tonight?”

She’d actually planned to get a good night’s sleep and pick Tanya up at the airport in the morning.

Tanya shot her a look. “Have you forgotten what day it is?”

Elissa’s brain, still fogged, lagged behind. She asked reflexively, “What day?”

“March 10th,” Tanya replied, poking Elissa’s forehead. “Hello? It’s midnight soon, which means it’ll be your birthday. No way was I missing that.”

Rowan, with his endless to-do lists, probably wouldn’t even remember Elissa’s birthday. Tanya refused to let her best friend spend the night alone, waiting for another year to begin. She had to be there. She always would be.

Elissa finally caught on. “But if you arrived tomorrow morning, it’d still be my birthday.”

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