Chapter 428. Pulling Out

LEE

This sudden leave of absence and the excuse I gave Sir Aries—that I needed to check Princess Kara’s diaries for the final draft of the ‘Labyrinth’ screenplay, which he believed without question—felt like destiny giving me a chance to think things through for myself.

When Asher arrived home, I immediately retreated to my room. I flopped onto my bed, scrolling through random vlogs and anything else that caught my interest on my iPad. As I watched, my mind wandered to my current situation with Zac and his ex-girlfriend, Lexine.

Alongside those thoughts came an avalanche of overthinking. Worst-case scenarios began to haunt me, scenarios I dreaded happening. Because of this, I resolved to take action. Tomorrow, once I returned to Milano and got back to TVDen, I would tell Sir Aries what I wanted. I would stay on as the scriptwriter and creative consultant for Labyrinth, but I would no longer involve myself in the film’s production as initially agreed upon. In