Read The Arrogant Architect for Free Online Page A

fucking happened to me. What happened to you?
    Nothing. Would you answer my question?
    No, I won’t. Did you ever think maybe I don’t like
you? I don’t know you and I don’t owe you
shit.        
    What don’t you like about me?
    Taking my phone to bed as I realize that I am standing in
the middle of my living room, I ignore him. He’ll stop…he has to.
    You didn’t like my shoes, I threw them away and they were
my favorite. I bought you every color of bike I could think of. What else can I
do?
    Nothing. We are polar opposites. I really don’t care
about your shoes, or the bikes, or anything. I just want to be left alone.
    Why?
    For the love of God, King, would you stop asking me
that?
    No, I won’t, not until you answer me.
    I don’t need to answer you. I’m not yours and I don’t
like you.
    I wait for the wrath of what’s next, staring at my screen,
refreshing and refreshing it. But he never responds. I guess that’s all it
took. Now he knows. I am not his and I’m not into him. Now I don’t have to
worry any longer. But the thought of things being over, even though they
haven’t really started, is unsettling in a way. Maybe I need to answer his
questions for myself…maybe there’s more to what I’m feeling than I’m letting
on.

Chapter 8
     
    Not a minute past 7:00am and the noise next door starts.
God, he really must want to piss me off. Tossing my pillow over my ear, I want
to cry. I barely slept last night with all the stress at work and everything
King has been doing lately, and today I really wanted to sleep in and enjoy
some peace and quiet. But, that’s not going to happen obviously.
    Peering out from under the pillow, I grab my phone off my
nightstand to do some aimless web surfing, maybe it’ll keep me distracted.
Going into my favorite celebrity gossip app, I quickly get swallowed up in the
crazy news that is the life of the rich and famous, but even focusing on this
can’t quiet the banging coming from outside.
    Closing out the app, I decide to turn some music on and drag
my tired ass out of bed. Peering outside to see if I can see King’s car parked
on the street, it’s not there and I find a pang of disappointment at the void.
I’m not even sure why I looked. Frustrated at only myself for being so
wishy-washy when it comes to him.
    I walk into the bathroom; maybe a shower can clear my head.
But on the way, I find a paper sticking out underneath my door.
    Picking it up, the world around me spins. Everything that I
thought
    was so terrible…really isn’t. I can’t believe the words that
are on the paper I’m holding. 
    NOTICE OF TERMINATION BY LANDLORD
    NOTICE TO : Everly
Adams, TENANT in possession and all others:
    Address of Premises: 1888
Rawlings Avenue, Unit 2-B
    TAKE NOTICE THAT:
    1.      Pursuant to a written lease (the “Lease”) dated January 12, 2016, you
are a tenant for the premises described as: 1888 Rawlings Avenue, Unit 2-B (the
“Premises”), of which you now hold possession.
    2.      The building was recently sold to All Designs Architecture, for the
purpose of restoration as they deem fit. All leases and tenants transferred
with this sale.
    3.      Your Lease or the applicable laws of the State of Rhode Island require
that you be given seven days advance notice prior to the termination of your
Lease or tenancy. This Notice of Termination serves as notification of the
termination of your Lease.
    4.      Pursuant to your Lease and the said laws, you are hereby given notice
that the Landlord is exercising its right to terminate your lease effective on
the 7 th day of August, 2016, and you are required to vacate the
Premises at or before noon on this date.
    5.      All terms and obligations in the Lease, including, but not limited to,
the obligation to pay rent, remains in effect until the latter of the 7 th day of August, 2016 and when you have returned possession of the Premises to
the Landlord or its agent.
    Bracing my weight on