Mason
I got as far as the hall outside my apartment, watching her almost insane mad dash to the elevators, when the phone in my pocket vibrated.
At first, I thought it might be better to ignore it—to follow Bren down to the lobby and walk her to her car at the very least, but after what just happened, there was no doubting that she needed space and I had no choice but to give it to her. Even though I didn’t work at the zoo like she did, I knew what happened when you tried to cage a wild animal.
The only question was why she needed space to begin with.
After everything that had happened today—the zoo, dinner, and the mind-blowing almost-s*x—I thought we were finally making progress. But she felt different…
I heard the distant ding of the elevator doors, then headed back inside my apa
