CHAPTER 51
Adrian’s POV
I woke up before the sun fully rose.
For a few seconds, I didn’t move.
I didn’t think. Didn’t do anything except stare at the woman sleeping beside me and try to understand how Lara Finn had somehow become the calmest thing in my life.
The city outside was still dim, painted in soft gray light through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Quiet. Still half asleep.
Unlike me.
I hadn’t slept properly in years. Not really.
Too many responsibilities. Too many enemies. Too many people waiting for me to make one mistake so they could tear pieces out of my empire.
But somehow, with Lara curled against my chest sometime during the night, I’d slept deeper than I could remember.
That alone should have concerned me.
Instead, I found myself watching her.
Her hair was spread
