Elsa
“I had to forgive him, Adam,” I said softly, my voice carrying both the weight of my decision and the pain that lingered with it. “It wasn’t easy—it still isn’t. Every part of me resisted, but seeing you both lying there, barely clinging to life, while Anna reveled in her twisted triumph…” I paused, the memory clawing at my chest. “It tormented me. In that moment, I thought I’d lost you. And, strangely, I felt I’d wronged Lucas, too. I was haunted by the thought that I’d never get the chance to make things right with him.”
Adam’s gaze stayed locked on mine, listening intently, his own emotions barely contained.
“If this feud between you two hadn’t clouded everything, if we’d been able to set it aside, we might have seen through the O'Brians’ game. We could’ve pieced it all together
