Lina's POV
"I... I do like you." My voice came out barely above a whisper, and I hated how uncertain I sounded. How guilty.
*Why am I afraid?* I wondered desperately. *Why can't I just say it clearly?*
Adrian pressed a soft kiss to the corner of my mouth, his patience clearly wearing thin. Then he asked the question I'd been dreading.
"Do you still have feelings for Jasper?"
I jerked back, my eyes going wide with shock.
*How could he ask me that? How could he think—*
But my hesitation said everything, didn't it?
I saw something darken in Adrian's expression, saw the fear he was trying so hard to hide. He shifted gears quickly, as if afraid of what I might say.
"Since you married me," he said, his voice dropping to that commanding Alpha tone that always made Aur
