Verena 

It’s been two months since Jaden moved into the neighborhood, with Kian living with him and it was safe to say that Kian never approached me like Daxton and I thought. 

I hardly even saw him. Only seldom. One time when I went grocery shopping with Matilda and I met him there and he had offered to pay for the things I bought—which I declined. Another time, I was walking Daisy down the street and his car drove past me and he had only honked at me. 

The other time was when I went on a run and saw him on the other side of the street—running too. He...