38

ADLEY

It had been a week since we didn’t sleep together. Every time he started kissing me, my excuse, I was not in a mood. I admired his patience, and he never forced himself into me. Deep in my heart, I felt terrible for him, but as long as he would not throw the condom in his drawer, we were not having sex. Call it childish, but I wanted to teach him a lesson, and that condom was his idea.

We were good, though. In fact, we were great. We started talking about planning a family in three or four years. Life was good either way.

Kaelie knocked and came in. “Someone here insisted on talking to you, Adley.”

“Who?” I lifted my gaze from the screen of my laptop.

“Me.”

I was on my feet before I even realized it. Icy seeped through my veins as if I’d seen a ghost. “What are you doing here, Gary?”

“I just wanna talk to you. I can’t get close to you if you’re with Lex or Mykel. You blocked my number, too.” That was the whole point. I didn’t want to talk to him. Yet he still did not get