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My heart bursts open and starts beating like it’s been shot with way too much electricity.
“I care about you, Nova.” He slips my other heels off and sets my foot into the soft shoe. It feels like moving from the hottest flames of hell to stepping on a cloud. I almost sigh in relief.
“And I’m sorry if I’m overstepping my bounds.”
My eyelashes flutter. “You kidnapped me just to tell me that?”
“And to feed you.” He gestures to the kitchen where a pan of lasagna is waiting. “Although I’ll have to heat it up. It’s gone cold now becausesomeonedoesn’t know when to stop working.”
I scrunch my nose at his scolding. “Says the man who’ll stay up for seventy-two hours building a bag that can hover.”
“Touché.”
My lips tremble as I try not to laugh.
Adam glances up, his eyes locked on me. “Am I forgiven?”
“Depends on how good the lasagna is.”
He pretends to wipe sweat from his brow. “Oh, now the stakes are high.”
I laugh softly.
“There’s that beautiful smile.”
Shyness steals over me. The choking sensation is back again.
Does he mean that? Or is he only saying that to placate me?
Adam clears his throat and gets up abruptly. “Let me warm the lasagna.”
As he walks to the kitchen, his phone chirps.
Adam checks the screen and goes stiff.
The air immediately sharpens.
“Who is it?” I ask, on alert. If Lyra somehow got his number…
Adam turns the phone and shows it to me. The contact reads ‘Unknown Number’.
“What does the text say?”
“Hi, Adam. This is Alexa.” He looks a little unnerved as he skims the rest of the message. “She says she needs to talk to me.”
CHAPTER6
THE SLEEP-OVER
ADAM
I closemy bedroom door tightly and stare at my buzzing phone screen. The last time I spoke to Alexa, she told me I had a son.
What could she possibly want this time?
Uneasily, I answer. “Hello?”
“Is this Adam Harrison?”
