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The next thing I knew, I was screaming, and Adrian was barging through the door. Looking like a mad man as he took me in arms. I immediately wrapped my body around his as if we were now one person. He carried me like that into the kitchen, and it was only then I realized my arm had a piece of glass in it.
Which only made me yell louder, crying hysterically while blood oozed out onto the floor.
“Shhh…shhh…my Cherry girl,” Adrian hushed in a gentle tone, completely remaining calm while I continued to freak the fuck out.
Gripping onto the sides of my face, he made me look him in the eyes. “Paige…” he lulled. “I need you to be my brave girl.”
My gaze went wide.
Bringing his lips close to mine, he rasped, “Can you do that for me?”
I think I nodded before I shut my gaze, trying to find my happy place. I held onto Adrian’s voice as he fixed me right up. Unsure of how long I sat there. It could have been hours but were probably minutes as Adrian continued to express the sweetest things.
“You’re such a good girl, Paige,” he praised, close to my lips. Close enough to where I felt his breath on my mouth. “You’re forever my good girl.”
I smiled against his mouth.
“Don’t scare me like that again. Do you understand me?”
I nodded, unable to form words.
“Tell me,” he coaxed in a desperate tone. “I need to hear you say it.”
I opened my eyes to stare profoundly into his. “I understand.”
For a short moment in time, I saw his love staring back at me. Even if he had yet to say it, I knew he did. However, just as quickly as I saw it, he blinked, and it was gone.
Vanished.
Adrian Drake drew his shield of armor, and his expression went blank.
No emotions.
No words.
His love was now disguised as nothing. Which was far worse than hate.
I didn’t understand the sudden change of heart until Cade’s voice filled the room as if he was asking his question through a microphone…
“How long have you been fucking my best friend, Adrian?”
I swear that question echoed off the walls, resonating deep into my soul. It felt like it was a shot to my heart, and I whimpered upon the impact. Gripping onto the edge of the counter, I prayed I could hold myself up when all I wanted was to crumble to the floor and beg for more time with him.
My body trembled as I bowed my head, feeling the shame of Cade’s question.
Adrian backed away from me like my skin burned him or maybe it was my love that was having that effect on him. Either way it hurt like hell in this inferno we made for ourselves.
My tears fell onto the ground between us the further he stepped back away from me. He placed his hands in the pockets of his jeans. Almost like he was surrendering before the war had a chance to begin.
All of a sudden, they were a foot apart from one another. The two men I loved the most couldn’t have hated each other more than they did at that moment. The intensity radiating off of them was too much to bear.
I wanted to run to him.
To promise it would be okay.
I wouldn’t leave him.
I chose him.
