Chapter 138

ADRIANA

"But since when?" I ask when I'm able to speak. We were together before she quickly ran off, I can't even remember what she said she needed to but I think she said she would be right back. And as much as I tried, I can't even remember where she followed. I'd started feeling breathless and that burning feeling almost immediately. Something isn't right.

"You were last seen together. When did she leave you?" I relate everything that happened up until the point that I started feeling my chest constrict. I don't go into full details on that but I notice his hold grew tighter when he figured what happened after. Without letting myself think about it, I place my hand over one of his and feel as he relaxes against me, his hold loosens and he goes back to drawing mindless patterns around my hips.

"Maybe she went out, she was talking about going shopping." Xander shakes his head. His face is passive for all