Chapter 62

Valentine

I had to shake off the feelings I had yesterday from spending time with Adira and my father. It was just that Adira was so easy to be around and excitement and passion that she had was contagious. When she showed us her private collection I was blown away. The work I'd seen from her before had been great but this stuff was just breathtaking.

I wasn't sure she was going to give me Petra's address but I was even more glad that she was actually taking over her apartment above the gallery. I knew she'd be safe there and that she'd actually get anything I'd sent her - like the flowers I'd sent over today. I couldn't wait to see Petra and push aside these wierd feelings I was having for Adira.

I had messaged Petra earlier asking if she'd like a ride to the resturant but she declined. Not that I wasn't expecting that. She liked her independence and I was actually enjoying it too. The fact that she wasn't always depending on me to provide for her was refreshing.

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