Chapter 79 As You're Breathing

• Ashley
• “What now, are you just going to sit there and cry over a man who can’t even fight for you, much less love you?” Adrian’s voice cut through the silence as he leaned casually against the bedroom doorframe, his gaze sharp and unyielding.
• After Marco threw me out, I ended up at the apartment Adrian and I had agreed would be our secret meeting place. He paid for it, but the lease was under my name. He didn’t want his wife to know, and he made sure to hand me the rent in person, so there would be no trace of him here. No paper trail. No evidence.