Bridgette's POVRhysand acted like a cactus—prickly, persistent, and impossible to ignore.No matter how many times I pushed him away, no matter how harsh my words or how cold my expression, he kept coming back. Like a desert bloom chasing sunlight, he seemed to thrive on my rejections.I had no idea how he'd found me, but it probably had to do with my mother and Aaron.I'd seen their missed calls, but I'd been too swamped with sightseeing to notice, and when I had, it had been too late.Rhysand had arrived, staying opposite my room. As though by magic, he matched his itinerary to mine. His presence was ever-present wherever I went. At first, I found him annoying, but slowly, past feelings began to grow.I knew I'd told myself never to give in to him, to let my heart decide, but his steady begging slowly eroded through my walled-up emotions.I even lied—told him I was seeing someone else. I invented a fictional man on the spot at a café when he showed up uninvited, yet again. But Rhys
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