CHAPTER 43
ADRIANNA’S POV
Quickly, I tore my gaze away from the key and continued washing him. He was shrewd and perceptive. With his intense amber eyes raking over my body like a hawk tracking its target, catching every move I make, I was forced to stay calm and oblivious of the necklace’s existence around his neck. I didn’t want him to suspect that the only reason I was doing this was to steal it. But was it?
I didn’t even know he had it until now. As much as I wanted that to be the sole reason I was doing this, an inexplicable part of me wanted to stay here with him, live this life with him, run with him, hide with him because from the looks of things now, only him can protect me from the danger looming ahead. Only he can protect me from the cruelty of this world.
Anytime my fingers
