Chapter 621

I spent the rest of the weekend alone at home, not really sure what to do about Adelie. I didn’t know if she wanted me to call her, or if I should just show up at the house. I could do that without her knowing that it was her I wanted to see, but I felt that something was off, something she had wanted to tell me.
I didn’t want to fight the bond anymore. Friday night had made me realize something. She had gone through something terrible in her life, just like I had, and I didn’t want to push her to do something she wasn’t ready to do. That was love. I loved her, and I wanted her to love me back.
On Monday morning, I stood in the bathroom as I got ready to head to the hotel for my work-out, and I took my wedding ring off. It didn’t feel as strange as I thought it would, and I put it in the medicine cabinet. I felt different. I’d kissed Adelie, and I’d held her all night as we slept. That was me accepting the bond, and I knew there was no going back now.