Chapter 21

"What's wrong?" he raises his eyebrow, “You look like you have seen a ghost." he smiles, for a second, his smile looks creepy but when I blink it vanishes making me doubt if it was real or just a fragment of my imagination.

"Lily." he comes close and wraps his arms around me.

"I just couldn't sleep," I murmured wrapping my arms around his waist, hiding the bracelet in my fist. Inhaling his familiar smell, my eyes closed in relief, with my body enveloping his.

It makes me feel so safe, my arms tightened around him as doubts raised in my mind.

"Adrian." I hum, “Have you ever loved anyone?" My face rested on his chest listening to his steady heartbeat.

His chest rumbles anwering "Yes."

" Lana, she was my first love." his voice is cold as if he speaking about geography, about facts, rather than the person he loved or maybe loves still "What happened?”

“She died.” His arms tightened around me.

“I am sorry that must have been hard for you.”

”Do you miss her, they say first love is hard