DAMIEN’S POV “Did you get that?” Kendra pestered me for the umpteenth time today. “When do you leave?” I asked, and it wasn’t because of the spur of the moment. I had been wanting to ask, and now seemed like the perfect time. “Leave? What do you mean leave?” “When do you leave for your father’s house?” I inquired. She didn’t get me earlier, but now she got me better. “I’ve been staying here with you for more than six months, why should I leave for my house now that you need me?” “We aren’t a thing yet,” I said to her. I left the room for her to be here in the penthouse, but she still came for me. I needed a moment to myself, and I realized I might never get that as long as she stayed here in my mansion with me. “How can you even think that I’d be willing to leave you because things

