Chapter Thirty Two After our very emotional morning conversation on the living room couch, Khalid completely refused to let me spend the rest of the day hiding inside my apartment with my heavy thoughts and lingering guilt. “Let’s get out of this apartment,” he said softly, leaning down to press a warm, reassuring kiss directly onto my forehead. “Just you and me today, Venessa. No work talk. No Logan drama. No stress. I just want to spend the whole afternoon with my girl, making you smile.” I looked up into his handsome face, and I simply could not say no to the genuine hope and love shining brightly in his dark eyes. After everything we had been through over the past forty-eight hours, I wanted nothing more than to escape the real world with him for a little while. We decided to start

