*ADRIAN*.
I rounded the corner of the walkway, veering away from the cobble stone paths to find Chloe right there, just as I’d been expecting to. She was kneeling in one of the flowerbeds, her hands deep in the soil as she tended to the array of plants surrounding her, pulling and snipping at with small garden shears that made sharp clipping noises as she clicked them shut. I stared at her, my vision going hazy as I glared at with a narrow minded sharpness at her.
A wave of anger surged through me, hot and sudden, I know I had been expecting to find her here, but seeing her, this woman who meant nothing to me, watching her tending to the very plants Stephanie had nurtured with so much love and care, daring to place her hands on the things my mate had poured so much of her love and care
