Chapter 13

We’ve been living in Paris for almost a year, and our life has turned into one circle of him leaving endlessly. His fights, responsibilities within Carrero Corp, and his family are all pulling him every which way, and I’m here keeping my head on my studies. Easier to detach myself from people when I focus on my goal. I go home less often, maybe a tiny snippet compared to him, because I do not have that much free time. School is demanding, and the weekends are usually filled with functions they expect us to attend, the catwalk shows we take part in or must go to, and the hours I spend studying for exams. Even Arrick must attend Carrero functions without me, and most of my school trips and shows are without him. It’s not the existence I thought it would be; as time passes, I’m more and more affected by it. By the lack of

him

in my life.

I lay staring at the ceiling, my body still tingling from his attentions, my skin warmed, goosebumped even though we barely starte