Chapter 6
PART OF ME WISHED CHRISTIAN could have come in and met my sister. But I understood that might be too much too soon.
I didn’t even know what Christian and I were except that he was my guard that my father practically forced me to have. And yet, there was something else, something more. I couldn’t help but feel a certain way about him. I quickly pushed that traitorous thought away as I headed into my temporary living quarters.
As soon as I stepped into my father’s offices, my sister flew at me. All thoughts of Christian vanished.
“Bella!” Ava yelled, hugging me tight. She pulled me into a warm embrace, and while I didn’t expect it, I didn’t resist. There was something boisterous about my sister. Something I appreciated and didn’t realize I had missed until now.
I stumbled a li
