Elsa
We drove back home in silence. The hum of the engine was the only sound between us as we left the warehouse and the mess of emotions behind. Adam hadn’t spoken a single word since Uldrich’s confession. I could see the tension coiled in his shoulders, his jaw clenched tight. I knew he was battling something inside, but I couldn’t bring myself to break the silence.
What Uldrich had said had shaken me to my core. Adam had always led me to believe he thought Stephanie’s child was his. He had never once hinted that he knew it wasn’t. Had he lied to me to protect himself? To protect me? I couldn’t tell. My mind whirled with a thousand questions, each one more painful than the last. If he hadn’t told me the truth about that, what else was he hiding?
I kept my gaze fixed out the window, my
