Chapter 53. First Love Never Dies

Adeline’s POV

For days now, I have been feeling unwell. At first, I couldn’t place it. But something inside me felt different—something I couldn’t explain.

The return of Iris had left me on edge, and I could feel it affecting me badly.

It was as if every piece of me was just in chaos, and I just didn’t know how to hold it all together anymore.

I stood in the bathroom, the sound of the running tap silenced Theodore’s voice when he was banging for me to open up.

I splashed cold water onto my face, hoping it would clear my mind, but all I could think about was the conversation that had happened just before.

The nausea feeling came again the moment I’d left Theodore in the living room. I rushed to my room, desperate for space, desperate for distance.

I didn’t want to see him, I didn’t want to talk to him. The whole situation was suffocating me, and I had no way to explain why.

But I knew what was happening. Iris was pulling strings,