60. Space

SADIE

I got ready and called Devin to prepare the car.

I walked into the library, and Cenric was in a phone conversation. “Just keep me posted. I awe you big time.”

“Can we talk?” I started.

After noticing me in an outfit and a bag in my hand, he gestured for me to sit. “You don’t have to ask. Going somewhere?”

I forced a smile. “I need space.”

“Excuse me?” Judging by the look on his face, he wasn’t expecting it, but somehow, he understood.

I’d thought about it lately. This is the only way I could save our marriage if he wanted it to. I needed to clear my head because I wanted to build that trust again. I needed to find myself—where did I fit in all of this.

“I want to stay at the penthouse for a while.”

“And me?”

“Here.”

“And us?”

I looked at him in disbelief. “I said I need space, and that space—”

“I know what space means.” He cleared my throat and somehow