All of this just made me even angrier. How dare he act like he actually cared about me or anything that had to do with my wellbeing?
I didn’t even realize I’d opened the door until I was marching straight toward Elijah.
“Is it true? Did he actually say that about you?”
He looked completely lost for words.
“Elijah, did that man… Did he really claim that you kidn*pped me? And now he’s threatening war? What is he, completely insane? How dare he?!”
He didn’t respond immediately, and I knew I’d completely caught him off guard with my sudden entrance.
“Adriana, I need to apologize. You weren’t supposed to hear any of that conversation.”
“But I did hear it. So tell me honestly—are you actually going to fight him?”
I knew he was considering it. The fact that my father was involved in that
