Chapter 3 ~Ayden~ I stared down at the stage and the crowd of people below who were listening to Payne Addiction. Randy and his band were on a special promotional tour for the soundtrack of a hot, new movie release. It explained why I hadn’t seen him around Music Haven for the last few months. He and his band were busy recording their song for the soundtrack. Though he’d been in town for a couple of days, we hadn’t run into each other. Of course, that might have been different had I not spent the last three days sulking in my suite. I had little choice when I knew what leaving meant. At some point, I would run into Mia. Resisting the urge to go to her wasn’t easy. I proved that after she ran away from me at the masquerade ball. She never answered the door when I pounded on it and begge

