Chapter 56
Adrian
I saw them before they saw me.
Emily stepped out of the café first, Viktor right behind her, holding the door open like some gentleman in a cheap romance film.
For a second, everything inside me went still.
Then something ugly and hot twisted in my chest.
Jealousy.
The kind that made your jaw lock and your hands curl into fists without you realizing it.
I had imagined a lot of things during the days she ignored me. I imagined her avoiding me, crying, struggling with whatever fear had pushed her to say those words in the car.
What I had not imagined…
Was her calmly having lunch with another man.
They seemed close, Emily had been laughing at him before she saw me.
Emily froze when she saw me.
Just for a second.
Her expression was controlled, but I knew her too
