Trip To Paris

Jack's POV

I followed Lianne's advice. I needed to get a grip on myself before I completely lost control. I loved Charlotte—God, I loved her—but she never gave me another chance to explain. Not once. Still, I knew she saw me.

I wasn't imagining it. I caught glimpses of her behind the curtain of her room at the Divenson mansion, her silhouette lingering just long enough to remind me she was there, watching, listening, but never opening the door.

For almost three months, I came to that house every single day, begging the guards to let me in and pleading, hoping—failing. They never wavered, not even once. And she never came down. I never sent a message. She never acknowledged me beyond those fleeting, hidden glances. It was as if I didn't exist anymore.