CHAPTER 42
Adrian’s POV
The moment my lips touched hers, everything else disappeared. The tension, Rafael. Everything. All I could focus on was Lara.
Her lips were soft against mine, hesitant at first, like she was surprised I had actually kissed her. Honestly, I was surprised too.
I had kissed women before. Too many to count. Models, socialites. Women who practically threw themselves at me because of my name, my money, or the power attached to it. None of them ever meant anything.
A kiss had always been just a kiss to me.
Forgettable and empty. But this? This felt dangerously different.
Because the second Lara kissed me back softly, something in my chest tightened in a way I didn’t understand. My hand remained firmly on her waist while the other stayed against her cheek, my thumb b
