Chapter 35-Adrian
I barely slept.
A few hours before sunrise, I was still on the couch with my eyes open, staring into the dark like it had answers I kept missing. Every time I shut my eyes, the image of that necklace around her throat replayed itself. The tension between us had almost swallowed us both whole. The way it broke off too quickly. Too suddenly. Too stupidly. And yeah, it was my fault.
Argggggh. I hated that I remembered every second. I hated even more that I wanted to, but it wasn’t my fault she was being difficult. Little brat. My little brat.
She had gone quiet after I told her to get some sleep. Wrapped herself under the covers without a word. I waited for her to whisper something—an objection, a question—anything to prove she wasn’t shutting me out completely, even tho
