Chapter 24 There was no reply by Monday. Jayden’s encouraging text went ignored by phone. In fact, there was no update from Darren at all: his phone was silent, his f*******: was abandoned, and his email lifeless. Rachel said she’d seen him, but barely, and he’d stopped coming over. Darren had seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth, and at any other time, Jayden could have supposed he’d had a long shift and was asleep or had been awake at antisocial hours or something, but…but no. He was being ignored, and he knew it. Frankly, he felt too tired to deal with it. In the middle of the deadline season, it was the last thing he needed, a moody boyfriend and a fracturing relationship. The ugly it’s complicated was still darkening Darren’s relationship status on f*******:. Jayden hate

