Writer's Note:
My apologies for the error regarding Adrian and Elena's age difference. They are actually nine years apart. Nicole and Elena are the same age, meaning that while the previous chapter stated Adrian is seven years older than Nicole, the correct age difference is nine years.
[Nicole's POV]
The moment the call with Lena ended, guilt pinched the back of my neck.
Not because I lied, okay, maybe a little because I lied, but mostly because I'd been sitting on the edge of my soft bed, pretending to talk freely… while a half-naked man with olive-green eyes and tattoos that looked like they belonged on the cover of a forbidden novel lounged right beside me.
Adrian.
Six feet of quiet danger and carved muscle, a walking sin with a V-line so sharp it could qualify as a weapon. Every
