Chapter 131. We Have a Problem

2024

Adrian’s POV

“I’m not ashamed of what we were ten years ago.And I’m not ashamed that you were,are my first love.”

I stayed awake long after Amelia left,her words echoing over and over in my head,still unable to believe that she had even been here in the first place.That she had come in the rain for me and sat beside me for so long,her small soft hands linked with mine.

The door had closed softly behind her,and the silence that followed felt empty.The soft beeping of the monitor beside me became the only thing filling the empty room,counting each passing second that I couldn’t seem to fill with sleep.

Outside,the rain hadn’t let up but it seemed to have subsided.It tapped against the window in a steady rhythm,like it was trying to soothe me.But I didn’t want comfort.

Not if it meant that what had just happened between us felt too much like a goodbye.

God,she looked like she’d gone through a lot and somehow still managed to