Chapter 89

Lola's POV

He looked at me for a while before he moved back and turned away. I felt hurt, but I concealed it. Jasmine whined slowly in my head, and I wasn't sure how to console her. I didn't even know what was wrong initially. 

Was he regretting choosing me? Does he still harbor feelings for Fay? Was he mad I put her in her place? Was telling her to be locked up just an act? I was so sure he loved me. Did I read too much into his actions? A lot of questions ran through my mind, and I was dumbfounded. I did not know how to strike up a conversion lest I look clingy or, worse still, get rejected.

"You think he's going to reject us?" Jasmine whined in my head, and I totally understood her; I was hurt, too.

"He's just trying to gather his thoughts. He promised he wasn't going to hurt us anymore. Adrian is a man of his word." Or so I hoped. 

After a moment of silence that felt like an eternity, he turned to face me again. He moved towards me and lo