Chapter 37

Lorenzo's POV.

Uhhh! I'm such an idiot.

'Come up when you've made up your mind. Or don't.'

What the fuck was I thinking when I said that? It's been fifteen minutes now and it looks like Celestine chose the latter of the two options I gave to her.

And frankly, that's on me. I should have tried harder to convince her, not push her away.

No, no. I did the right thing by walking away. I'm not a puppet and that girl can't keep pulling my strings in whichever way she desires. That ends today. And if our relationship or whatever we had going on ends with it too, then so be it.

It's been twenty minutes now and Celestine still hasn't made an appearance yet. To be honest, I had already given up in the first five minutes, the rest fifteen minutes were just me deceiving myself. But am done waiting. She isn't coming and I can't fault her for choosing the less messy option.

Getting up from my sprawled-out position on the bed, I reach behind me and drag my white t-shirt off my body then undo the