102 CHOOSING TO STAY

AIDEN

For the first time since I found Persy, I was not keeping track of her. Not because I did not want to, of course, but only because I wanted to allow her some privacy as she thought about my offer in that span of two days.

I only sent her text messages, since she would not pick up my calls. It was enough to barge into my penthouse and see if she had truly left me before the speculated time I gave her to decide, but I decided against it before I ...