Chapter 179

Ninety-nine thoughts were in my head, and Adler was on all of them; well, not in a sweet way, no matter how much I wanted it to be, but that feeling that made me want to flinch from touch and hide behind closed doors. 

Which I did until Rune pulled me out and yanked me back for a walk into the woods to finish the swing we had been working on the day before. 

I didn't want to because seeing it woke the reminder that it was a waste of time. Unconsciously, I shook the thought out of my head, inhaled profoundly, and threw Rune a bottle of water when I saw he was drenched in sweat due to being too close to the welding

Now, he turned off the machine, and I pulled off earplugs, seeing him do the same. 

He walked towards me, searching my face as he made his way past me and snatched another bottle of water unscrewed it first before he said, "I heard everything the godfather said. "

I turned to him sharply to find him already drinking and with his turned