Arden:
Thanks to Ashton, it had been two days since we returned to the city with another win under our belt, but it had also been two days since I last saw her. I felt my obsession taking hold of me, strangling me, tangling me in a web so well-weaved that thinking about anything but her was impossible.
I picked my phone up for what seemed like the thousandth time this evening and stared at it, telling myself I had just talked to her last night and not to bother her while she searched for a home with her friends. As the screen touched the surface of my desk, it rang, making me snatch it back up.
"Hello?" I tried to hide how hard my heart was thudding in my chest, how seeing her name on my screen had my once dry mouth salivating.
"I found it, Arden. It's perfect." Her soft tone was us
