Chapter Five
It was still early when Adam stalked into the empty breakfast room. It felt hollow without Eden looking up and smiling at him. Although a weak winter sun streamed through the open window, there was no warmth.
He ran his fingers over the stubble on his jaw. Felt the prickle and heard the raspy noise the action made. He’d gotten up earlier than he’d needed to, just to say goodbye. He’d wanted to have a last morning, a last meal with her before he disappeared and left her to a happy life.
It had been four in the morning before he’d crawled back from the pub where Clint and his g**g had been. It hadn’t gone well. Clint was obsessed with Eden. He hadn’t given up thinking she’d seen something he didn’t want her, or anybody else, to see. It confirmed Adam’s suspicion that he was d
