Chapter 137 The True Enemy

• Adela kept her head down, unsure of how to respond. She had never seen Layson like this—vulnerable, almost defeated. It was a side of him she didn’t recognize, and it frightened her. She didn’t understand how she could have such an effect on him.
• “Adela, what are you so afraid of?” Layson asked, his voice low and intense.
• He was certain that Adela wasn’t indifferent to him. He had always believed that she felt something for him, and he was right. But Adela was afraid—afraid of what, she didn’t know. She only knew that Layson was someone she couldn’t allow herself to love. She had made that decision five years ago, and she had stuck to it ever since.