His eyes swept over Claire's retreating figure as she disappeared into the complex without looking back.
A cold curve touched his lips.
Then he turned his attention back to Adrian, looking him over from head to toe.
"A few days ago."
Adrian acted as though he hadn't noticed Ethan's scrutiny.
"You here to see Claire?"
Ethan and Adrian had known each other since childhood. Their relationship had always been neither particularly close nor openly hostile.
Two years ago, Adrian had suddenly gone abroad and cut off contact.
Now that they were seeing each other again, a strange atmosphere had settled between them.
They weren't strangers.
If anything, there was still a faint sense of familiarity.
But that familiarity came from one person.
Claire.
A strange sense of wariness rose in Et
