In the silence that stretched between us, I let out a nervous laugh and turned to face Adan, not sure if he was serious, or just making one of his stupid jokes. But then I realized I was talking to Adan, not Mark, and I couldn’t remember even one time when something lighter escaped his lips. He was all doom and fate and dead seriousness.
“Don’t you understand?” He whispered, his eyes so intense I could lose myself in the deep steel grey of his irises. “You are the center of the entire world. And this world belongs to you, my love. You are my reason. You are my mistress, you are everything. You didn’t want Alex to know, so he doesn’t. It doesn’t matter if we are apart or together as long as I know you are safe. I am dependent on you, Min. My life, my choices, my future.”
And now he was te
