Adele:
I didn’t know what to feel.
Relief that my mom would finally be free tomorrow, that I’d get to hold her again after all this time?
Or dread.?
That it was all a setup. That I was walking straight into a trap. Alone, just like they told me to.
My feet pounded the floor so hard, it felt like they’d give out beneath me as I ran to find Nathan.
Thank God he told me where he was. The room.
That’s exactly where I went.
I paused at the door, my hand hovering over the knob. I took one shaky breath... then pushed it open.
And there he was.
Nearly naked.
Just a towel wrapped low around his waist, water dripping down his chest. His muscles flexed as he turned toward me, his biceps on full display, sharp and sculpted.
My thighs clenched before I could even think.
When I looked up, h
