"Do you have any feelings for him?" Mia froze. She looked up, but Adrian wasn't there anymore. "Was she imagining things again?" "What's wrong?" Ethan asked. "Oh, nothing. What was your question again?" Mia said quickly. Ethan stared at her in silence for a moment, before saying. "I asked if you have feelings for Adrian?" Mia remained mute. Not because of the question itself, but because Ethan asked it. So many people had hinted at it before, teased or joked about it… but hearing it from Ethan, of all people, made her chest tighten. She knew she hated Adrian. She'd told herself that over and over again. But if that was true… why did everyone keep questioning it? Her mind raced back to that moment in Là Lumíré, when Adrian had stood close—too close. She didn’t flinch. She didn’t

