Chapter 55. But We Are Exes

2024

Amelia’s POV

Dancing with Adrian felt different. Almost sinful.

The realization settled in the moment he pulled me close, his hands firm yet unhurried as they found their place at my waist. There was nothing hesitant in the way he moved—no second-guessing, no uncertainty. He led with quiet confidence, his posture deceptively relaxed, even as his fingers pressed just a little too securely against the small of my back.

It was effortless for him. Natural.

And that was precisely the problem.

My hands hovered between us for a second too long, around his arms before I finally rested them on his shoulders, my pulse quickening against my will.

It was just a dance.

Just like it had been with Liam. Just like it had been at countless other events before this.

But the way Adrian was staring at me?

It begged to differ.

Or maybe I was just delusional—because I was staring at him, too.

We moved with ease lik