“Sure! It would be great if you could,” I smiled brightly, trying to hide the fact that I really didn’t want him to leave my side. He returned a small smile and I felt a strange warmth spread throughout me as I gazed at his beautiful dark brown eyes. “I’ve been thinking of buying a new house.” “Why do you say that? Did they buy another apartment?” I inquired curiously as my eyes lit up at the thought of it. After spending so much time at my house over the past month, I had begun to get bored. My parents were constantly trying to persuade me to move out since it was so obvious that Jared and I weren’t compatible, but I refused every time they suggested it. However, I didn’t want to give them the satisfaction of seeing me living in such poverty; not after everything they’d done. They had

