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ME: That’s actually news to me. Do you know how long he’s been in New York?
LIZA: Girl
LIZA: He went to GL Sports of all places
What the—?
I stared. I knew the agency. It was successful but small. Located in Connecticut and a fraction of Engelman’s size. Maybe half the size of Ace.
Adam. There?
I couldn’t suppress my shock even through text.
ME: What the hell??
LIZA: I know. We were all surprised. We knew he wasn’t happy here after how things went down with you but we are all pretty shocked to hear he went from Beverly Hills to Stamford. Can’t wrap my mind around it.
LIZA: But you know him so maybe you can.
I actually could.
My heart was pounding at my desk, because I knew what this was.
It was Adam’s love for me the exact way Cole had described it.
He had never intended to let me go.
When he loved someone, he never forgot about them. He didn’t give up on them and he clearly wasn’t giving up on me.
But what he was doing was sacrificing for me.
He could’ve easily gone to Thorn. Had the time of his life working alongside Iain. He’d have a huge office. He’d have Manhattan. It would be a career even bigger and bolder than what he had in LA.
But he knew I needed space to carve out my own career.
And he wasn’t going to impede on my wishes.
I didn’t even know what I texted back to Liza. It was some quick thank you for the information that probably wasn’t all that coherent because my fingers were already itching to text somebody else.
Someone who I’d had to limit my contact with as well lately, just for the sake of my pain.
But we’d still texted here and there, and as was the case with her brother, the love was still there.
ME: Hey. Any chance you can give me your brother’s new address?
39
ADAM
I’d had less than a month of falling asleep with AJ in my arms.
But apparently that was enough to spoil my tastes.
It was honestly the biggest thing I missed about my house in LA. The feeling of waking up in that bed and feeling her warmth. Her skin against mine.
In that house, I’d had AJ all to myself. I’d had her on my couch, in my kitchen, by the pool. In my bed.
In this apartment, I had… not a whole lot yet.
