Chapter 23
The Price of Control
(Audrina’s POV)
I’d been dodging Kade for two days straight, ignoring every call, every text, every knock on my door. It wasn’t hard—I’d become good at avoiding things I didn’t want to deal with. And right now, Kade Dupont was at the top of that list.
There was a growing storm of emotions inside me that I didn’t want to face. Every time I thought about him, about what had happened at the club, I felt heat rise in my chest—anger, embarrassment, confusion. I didn’t know how to feel, and because I couldn’t figure it out, I chose the simplest option: avoidance.
But as I stepped into my office that morning, hoping for a quiet, normal day after an extended weekend, I knew something was off the moment I opened the door.
Mr. Bouchard was sitting inmy chair,
