Chapter 106
- I sat across from Adrian, and the air between us was thick. Not awkward. Just... sharp. Like something that used to be soft had calcified and turned dangerous.
- He was the one who broke the silence. His voice was lower than usual, but the edge in it was impossible to miss.
- “So,” he asked, “did you stay engaged to me because you truly cared, or was it just because your mother thought I was the right match?”