Chapter 26
RHYS
Two weeks and a day. That was how long it'd been since Stella and I last talked. The morning I dropped her off at the academy.
She no longer allowed me to give her morning or evening rides, or respond to chats, or even give me attention.
She avoided me in every manner.
I begged Sophia to get lost but she insisted on staying, for reasons I couldn't fight against.
“We have a deal, remember?" Sophia flashed her eyes at me. My chest tightened, she was right. I couldn't breach it.
A deal.
"Yes, but—”
"There are no buts, Rhys” She cut me. "Canada is not so different from London.”
I moved closer to the railings on the rooftop, allowing the breeze blow through my armless top.
“Then, I'm no longer interested in the company. Do whatever you want with it!" I flung my
