Yesterday hadn't ended as I expected it to. To be honest, it didn't go exactly as planned either. I wasn't even hoping she would allow me to touch her, but the way she ran away afterwards makes me think she regretted it, and that the moment of lust might push us back. Especially when she wouldn't open her door after. Today my anxiety grew even greater when in the morning she wasn't in her room. I went to remind her about today's meeting with Banks and Danny, another part of our deal, but I only found a cold unmade bed hinting that she had been out and about for quite some time. That gave me a bit of a scare for a moment, but when I saw all of her belongings still in their places, I was put at ease that perhaps she hadn't run away. I decided to have trust in the mate bond and after lea