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Maybe someone like her, strong, fearless, is who Adrian needs by his side.
Rai leans in, watching her surroundings before she whispers, “You didn’t follow up on what happened. I was worried.”
“W-what?” I stare at her with parted lips.
“You asked me to help you escape, and then I learn you returned to Adrian’s side as if nothing had happened. Do you know how confused I was?”
Wait. What?
Lia asked Rai to help her escape Adrian? When the hell was that?
But I can’t ask those questions, because that will give me away as a fraud.
I clear my throat. “I couldn’t escape him.”
“But you were so hell-bent on it.”
“Jeremy,” I blurt. “I can’t leave Jeremy.”
“I understand, but you could’ve at least called or left me a hint.” Her voice lowers some more. “Adrian has been after my neck. He suspects I have something to do with your attempted escape. I told you I don’t want him as an enemy, Lia. That I was helping you because you were on the verge of a breakdown.”
Lia was on the verge of a breakdown when she wanted to leave Adrian. Rai helped her, but she…what? Did she die?
“I’m sorry,” I whisper.
“Just tell me if Adrian saw Ruslan that day.”
Ruslan is her senior guard. He’s the one who’s standing at the entrance of the balcony to ward off anyone, I assume. It’s the first time I’ve seen his face, aside from his picture in the document.
He must have helped Lia escape on Rai’s behalf, but I have no damn clue if Adrian saw him.
“I don’t remember clearly,” I say vaguely.
Rai grabs me by the shoulder. “Think, Lia. When Adrian was chasing after you that night, you escaped Ruslan. But did Adrian see him?”
“No, I don’t think so.” I’m speaking out of logic alone here, because if Ruslan helped Lia escape and Adrian had seen him, he would be dead by now.
Adrian may be calm, but he’s lethal. He wouldn’t forgive anyone who tries to take his damn precious Lia. Even Rai will be in jeopardy if he finds out about her involvement.
“That’s good.” She releases a breath.
“I’m sorry I got you involved in this,” I shouldn’t be apologizing on behalf of Lia, but she was a selfish woman. Not only did she leave her son behind, but she also got other people involved, knowing full well that Adrian would eradicate them.
I wonder why she tried to escape him. It couldn’t be because she was feeling invisible like me.
For some reason, the knowledge that their marriage wasn’t as solid as I thought relaxes me a little.
I’m such a horrible person.
But even that small relaxation doesn’t last. It doesn’t matter that she tried to escape. Adrian still cares about her. He still dotes on me because he thinks I’m her.
“Let’s go back inside.” Rai smiles at me. “Sergei will call us for dinner any minute now.”
“All right.”
I’m about to leave when I feel eyes watching me. I pause at the balcony and peer down. There are a few guards stationed outside. One of them is Adrian’s driver, who’s smoking a cigarette and talking animatedly with another guard, probably in Russian. They all speak in Russian at the house. Even Adrian addresses them in Russian, unless I’m around. That’s when he switches to English. Jeremy knows a few expressions, too, but I think he still has trouble with mixing both languages together.
I’m about to chalk the sensation I just felt up to paranoia, but my skin prickles again. The feeling is so strong, I visibly shudder.
