Lina's POV
When I woke up, Adrian was sleeping deeply.
It had been so long—so impossibly long—since I'd looked at this man this closely. Really looked at him.
Studied every line of his face, every shadow beneath his eyes, every subtle shift in his breathing.
The harsh words I'd said through Katrina... they weren't meant to hurt him. They were meant to set him free. To ease the guilt that was eating him alive.
To make him believe I didn't care anymore, so he wouldn't feel like he was dragging me down with him.
But when Katrina told him those words, did they break him the way they broke me to say them?
I wasn't sure anymore.
Wasn't sure where the line was between protecting him and destroying us both.
And the truth was... I couldn't stay away anymore.
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