Chapter 65. So Bad

ADELINE’S POV

“This is all really crazy, Addie,” Liam says as he drives me back to Adrian’s place. I didn’t want to stay too long at Dante’s because then Adrian would start getting really suspicious. I’m sure he’s crazy right now, having his guards look for me left, right, and center. Besides, very soon, Adrian will be locked up far away, and Dante and I will be together again.

“I can’t believe I’m driving you straight and right back into the Lion’s den. You have no idea how freaking worried I am about you. Why didn’t you tell me, Addie? I thought we were closer than that?” The tone of his voice breaks my heart, but I think Liam knows exactly why I couldn’t tell him.

“We are closer than that, Liam. But you’re just such an upright person. You follow the law. You’re literally a lawyer. If Adrian wasn’t a murderer and I told you I wanted to scam him for petty reasons, you would have never been okay with it. I mean, you have to admit that the only reason you’re