Part 4- ARDEN'S CONQUEST

ADDISON

I scrambled off the bed when I heard him knock on the door. "Coming!"

I didn't know that being his woman also meant living with him in the same house and accompanying him to his meeting, but today, he told me he'd be somewhere, so he left me alone in the house. It had been a week. It surprised me how the days had leaped so quickly and, so far, he had not touched me. I thought I would feel like a prisoner or something, but I didn't. He was a true gentleman. But I couldn't tell if I would feel disappointed or not, but I felt like I was.

Adam and I were still not talking. I tried to call him, but he kept ignoring my calls. He had snapped and told me to leave whenever I wanted to because that was what I used to do. Leaving. It hurt to see how upset he was towards me. He was angry because I left. He didn't agree with me leaving home to work in the city when worse came to worst. My father suffered from a heart attack and passed away, and it took a toll on all of us. A part of us was