Chapter 38

It has been a few days since I've seen her. Several days have passed since we had that big argument. I've spent so long hovering at her front door like a fool, waiting for her to come out again and talk to me, but Ari is too stubborn to give in to me. I promised to give her space, yes, but I was still hopeful that she could still find the desire to speak with me somewhere in her heart.

But everything has been a disappointment. Whenever I walked by her front door, she would not even give me a glimpse. According to my men who have been monitoring her, Matt tried to visit and talk to her lots of times, but she refused his plea. And this is the only solace I have: that just like me, Matt doesn't have much of a chance with her. And no matter how shattered and devastated I am, a part of me feels triumphant that if I can't have her, Matt can't have her either.

I honestly thought about making a ruckus at her apartment or the hotel just to get her to talk to me. And I don't even care about th