Sébastien’s Pov

It’s been a week. One week and I haven’t heard back from Rowena. Yet, it was impossible that she hadn’t seen the letter when I made sure it was delivered to her room.

I had been convincing myself she must be taking her time to process it but it’s been a week now, and my patience was hanging by a thread. What if I never hear from her? Could this be that she’s moved on completely?

At the mere thought of it, I clenched my feet hard on the pedal, screeching the car ...