6 ~Ayden~ The only thing I’d ever been persistent about was my music until I lost Mia. She’d rebuffed me three times since she’d returned to Music Haven, and still, I hadn’t given up. Either I was the biggest fool to walk the planet, or a man determined to make up for his mistakes. Whichever it was, nothing I’d done thus far had made a difference. I had my ex to thank for a big part of that. Mia was reconsidering our breakup two days prior when I had the nerve to approach her and ask her for another chance. She didn’t back away when I kissed her. If anything, I felt her resistance slipping. Had Izzy not showed up, I have no doubts she would have listened to me. We would be together now. Instead, I was sulking at the bar, just like I did every day. I was running out of time to make thi

