AVA'S POV I was engaged. I was actually engaged. Coming to terms with my new reality had been difficult before, but now that I had a striking gold diamond ring sitting heavily on my finger, it was almost impossible to ignore the truth. My truth. I couldn't sleep last night. Oh no, I just couldn't. It wasn't just my confused thoughts about how Kade had managed to get my ring size right that kept me awake. No, it was his parting words to me. I was expected to be at ECSTASY tonight. I couldn't shake off the thought because I knew what that meant for me... for us. It was all getting terrifyingly real now. My hands shook over the keyboard as I struggled to finish my work for the day. I was scared. I didn't bother hiding it. I couldn't even focus on work because somehow, my mind kept driftin

