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Adeline

The automotive journey again throughout the island was smoother than driving with Cassie had been. Her stress was each bit as acute, though this time for various causes.

She sat nonetheless, barely respiration, achingly conscious of Stefanos, proper subsequent to her.

She might really feel the regular thud of her personal heartbeat, the gradual uncurling of heat low in her physique.

She wasn’t used to feeling like this. All her interactions with Mark had been managed. Rational. Mark had been protected. Her feelings and composure had by no means been even remotely threatened, her emotions a gradual, predictable hum, by no means hitting excessive highs or lows.

It was totally different with Stefanos. It wasn’t solely his confidence or love of life that drew her to him, and even the truth that he had far an excessive amount of intercourse attraction for one man. It went deeper than that. It was the way in which he teased out that facet of her she’d hidden away, the way in which he knew her.

With him, there was no level in hiding as a result of he noticed who she was.

Since she’d reconnected with Stefanos, it was as if all her defenses had melted right into a ineffective puddle.

Expensive Dr. Swift, I’ve met this man and he’s making me query all the things about the way in which I dwell my life. I’ve at all times been cautious and guarded myself, however I’ve a sense that if I pursue this relationship, I might put in danger all the things I’ve constructed.

Sincerely,

Unsettled.

She questioned how she’d reply a letter like that.

“You’re quiet. Are you all proper?” Stefanos glanced at her briefly earlier than returning his eyes to the highway.

“I’m unsure. It’s been the strangest few days.” The occasions along with her mom had left her feeling unsettled and weak. She turned to have a look at him, specializing in the sensible. “Thanks for coming to the hospital. You didn’t have to try this, however I’m glad you probably did.”

“So am I. And I’m happy she goes to be nice. What occurred?” His voice was deep and velvety easy and she or he thought that she might take heed to him all day and by no means develop uninterested in it.

And since it felt good to speak, she advised him about Rob, and the small print that her mom had shared with them, and he listened in silence till she’d completed.

“I suppose it explains quite a bit.”

“Sure.” She paused, considering again to that point. “It’s the explanation she by no means left Cassie alone. The explanation she typically left her with Maria. You guessed, didn’t you?”

“Not till I used to be older. And even then, I didn’t know for certain. My mom by no means talked about it. I simply questioned often whether or not Rob may not be all he gave the impression to be.”

Adeline leaned her head again towards the seat. “I’m glad I lastly know the reality. It has modified issues.”

“You had dialog?”

“Sure. It felt totally different one way or the other. She was totally different. It feels as if I lastly have my mom again.”

He reached throughout and took her hand. “I’m glad.”

She stared down at their palms, locked collectively. She felt the heat of his fingers urgent towards hers.

“You’ll be able to drop me on the finish of the highway by the villa should you like. No have to take me all the way in which.”

There was a protracted pulsing silence. “Is that what you need?”

She didn’t know what she wished.

Or perhaps she did.

Stefanos waited. “You’ve had a anxious night. It is advisable unwind earlier than you try to sleep. Why don’t you come again to my place? We might have a late swim and one thing to drink on the terrace. I can drive you again later.”

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