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Chapter 116: Learning Each Other Again

last update publish date: 2026-03-20 20:38:52

The ride back was quiet.

Not the heavy kind.

Not the kind filled with things left unsaid.

Just… quiet.

Elena sat in the passenger seat, watching the city blur past the window. Lights streaked across the glass, soft and distant, like everything else in her life had suddenly become.

Not unclear.

Just… shifting.

Beside her, Adrian drove.

One hand on the wheel.

The other resting loosely near the gear.

Not reaching for her.

Not trying to close the distance.

And she noticed that.

Of course she did.

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