Chapter 8. The Reality

Adrian’s POV

I came to my senses and slowly made my way down the stairs, deep in thought. After overhearing their conversation, I had a rough idea about the hardships Azura was facing in her eighteen years of life. She was the sole breadwinner in her family. She didn’t have a place to stay in New York. With the financial crunch at home, she would have to sacrifice her studies and take up another job. No, I could not let that happen.

I wanted to speak to Theo and looked around for him. Where was the guy, anyway? At the foot of the stairs, I saw Nana sitting at the table and chopping vegetables. She looked up and smiled at me, quickly masking the worried expression that was there on her face a minute ago.

“Did you see Theo, Nana?” I asked her, and she nodded, pointing to the backdoor. 

“He’s milking the cows with Emmy outside,” she said with a chuckle seeing the jaw-dropped expression on my face. I didn’t know how my billionaire business tycoon's best frie