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Chapter 60

  Space

  SADIE

  I got ready and called Devin to prepare the car.

  I walked into the library, and Cenric was in a phone conversation. “Just keep me posted. I awe you big time.”

  “Can we talk?” I started.

  After noticing me in an outfit and a bag in my hand, he gestured for me to sit. “You don’t have to ask. Going somewhere?”

  I forced a smile. “I need space.”

  “Excuse me?” Judging by the look on his face, he wasn’t expecting it, but somehow, he understood.

  I’d thought about it lately. This is the only way I could save our marriage if he wanted it to. I needed to clear my head because I wanted to build that trust again. I needed to find myself—where did I fit in all of this.

  “I want to stay at the penthouse for a while.”

  “And me?”

  “Here.”

  “And us?”

  I looked at him in disbelief. “I said I need space, and that space—”