na's

s to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the fami

ale, with faint dark circles under her eyes. "Seren

rything that was mine from the master bedroom-m

was still asleep. I looked at his handsom

and locked the door from the inside.

workout clothes and left the house for a

rk, feeling the sweat wash away the heavy gloom that had settled in my bones

e a family breakfast. I made

She saw me and called out by habit, "

n, all household matters, including your breakfast, are your father's

disbelief. "Why? Mommy, are yo

picked up my purse and

She ran over to grab my hand,

rs old. You should learn to solve your own p

walked out th

, with no Savannah there to comfort her. A pang of pity shot through me, b

he city's art district, a neighborhood f

estate agency. A yo

g, good light, high security, long-term lease. Most i

ters as an office space fo

igh demand, and the rent is... significant." His eyes

and placed it on his desk. "Rent is not an issue. I can sign

e Centurion Card, a symbol of unlimited

long-vacant top-floor studio with massive fl

ot as "Ms. M." The entire pr

se of profound relief. This was the fir

looding the empty space. I could see

surely brewing. Xavier would wake up to find me gone

d my "Heartbreak Countdown" m

's morning

ating the facts. And facts, I was learn

u, the housekeeper. I declined

fairs of the Harrington house