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The next ot dressed, and headed over to Ellery’s apartht because she wasn’t next to me, and I missed her I knocked on her door, but there was no answer I continued to knock, and still no answer Either she wasn’t hoize As I stepped out of the elevator, I noticed her keys sitting on the table in the hall She left her keys here which an to settle inside rabbed my phone, sent her a text and ran up the stairs to my bedroom Noas really pissed that she knew she didn’t have her keys, and yet she didn’t come back here

"Where the hell are you?! I went to your apartment, and you weren’t there"

"It’s none of your business where I a what I do best," she responded quickly

"You are behaving like a child, and I don’t like it; now get your ass back to my penthouse"

"I think we need tiht"

I read her text, and it hurtlike a selfish brat Maybe she’s right She needs to know that how she behaved last night was unacceptable

So I sent her the following reply: "I agree, and when you stop behaving like a selfish child, call me so we can talk like adults"

She didn’t respond after that I closedI slammed my fists down on the dresser and walked downstairs to the kitchen

"Good ether this ?" Claire asked

"Ellery isn’t here, so the answer is no," I snapped

"Whoa, Connor, calm down," Denny said as he walked towards h ed

"It’s ok, Connor Don’t worry about it," she smiled

"What the hell happened between the two of you now?" Denny asked as he handed ht that I can’t have kids, and she didn’t take it very well We both said sos to each other Fuck, Denny, I love her so damn much Why is this so hard?"

"Nobody said love is easy," he smiled

I shookwhere she was She said she thought it was best to spend some time apart If that’s what she wants, then I’ll respect her wishes

When she’s ready to come back, she’ll let me know

Chapter 22

The next few days were difficult I missed her so damn much, and all I wanted to do was see her

Ashlyn kept callingit a point to see hts slower I buried hts and went to dinner with Paul and Denny Ellery’s second treatment was scheduled for next week, and if she didn’t coo find her I won’t let her go through that alone

I was in the kitchen the nextcoffee with Denny and Claire, when a text fro she was on her way up I’d invited her over to talk Today is the day that I’ rid of her and out of my life once and for all I walked over to the elevator just as they opened, and she stepped out with a big set your call," she said as she ran her finger down er fro to be easy, but it needed to be done, especially if I was going to have a future with Ellery I asked her to sit down, but she refused

"What’s going on, Connor? I’ some tension here?" she said

I took in a sharp breath before I spoke "There’s so to upset you" She looked at ers in her eyes

"If this is about that blonde whore I’ve been hearing about, then I don’t want to discuss it I want things between us to go back to where they used to be," she said as she moved closer to me

"First of all, Ashlyn, Ellery is not a whore, and you are never to refer to her as that again Do you understand ered voice "Second of all, Ellery is s with us are over; they were over the night I met Ellery"

She stood in front of me as she cocked her eyebrow "Is that so? Well I think I can ed at me, and before I knew it, her lips were onin the doorway My heart sank as I saw the pain and betrayal in her eyes