Adrian's POV
Lina dragged me straight to the courthouse. I was still processing everything that had happened when Derek informed me he'd already scheduled our appointment.
The clerk handed us our documents to review. Before I could fully comprehend what was happening, two warm marriage certificates were placed in my hands.
"There's a mall nearby. Let's go pick out a gift for Chloe," Lina said, tugging at my sleeve.But I was too fixated on the certificate in my hands to register a single word she'd said.
This felt nothing like the first time we'd gotten these papers.
Back then, I'd been confident, in control. Now? Every nerve in my body was screaming that this was fragile, that *she* was fragile, that one wrong move would shatter everything.
"You've been staring at that
