AVA'S POV
I spent an entire week pretending my pride wasn't wounded after Kade left me lying in bed fresh off an orgasm.
Well... I failed miserably. I couldn't stop thinking about it. He just left!
And not only that, he didn't keep in contact afterward. Not even on the days we were naturally supposed to meet. He'd gone completely radio silent on me.
I tried not to dwell on it. Believe me, I really did. But who was I kidding? I don't think I'd be the only woman on earth to feel some type of way after a man left her naked in bed to go on a work trip.
When Claire had talked about how obsessed Kade was with his work, I'd naturally assumed she was exaggerating. Turns out, she wasn't. I could now see that he genuinely put work above everything else.
Sure, I wasn't delusional enough to expe
