Chapter 71. Another Chaos

Adeline’s POV

“Here you go, Ezra,” I said softly as I walked into his ward, careful not to let the clothes slip from my hands.

But the moment I looked up, I froze. I didn’t realize he had just come out of the shower.

“Oh… I’m sorry,” I mumbled, quickly turning my eyes away. “I should have knocked.”

He had just come out of the bathroom, a towel was slung low around his waist. Water was still dripping from his skin like raindrops.

I didn’t mean to walk in like that. I didn’t know.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t know,” I said again, flustered.

“No, no… It’s fine,” Ezra said gently, taking the clothes from my outstretched hands. “I’m done anyways.”

I kept my eyes glued to the side, not daring to look at him.

“Don’t tell me you’ve never seen a man half-naked before,” he teased.

I cleared my throat quickly. Theodore… Theodore had always been the only man in my life. My first. My only.

I had never even looked at another man the