LOGINAdriana's POV After we made it to the terrace, Draven let out a groan, but I only inhaled deeply, my mind finally coming to ease. The rain had stopped pouring, but it was still cold and windy, just the way I liked it. “I am too tired, doll face. How much longer?” Draven started groaning again, walking up to me near the pool. I let out a sigh of annoyance before shooting him a frown, but Draven was just staring down at the water, probably lost in his own little world. A very bad but satisfying idea came into my head, and without any second thoughts, I found myself sneaking behind Draven before doing the most horrible thing ever. I kicked him right in the ass, sending him flying right into the pool. It didn’t even take seconds for Draven to swim back up. “What the fuck, Adriana?!” he started cursing, but I was laughing too hard now. The look on his face was priceless. “Oh, you think this is funny?” he asked, a sadistic smirk suddenly appearing on his face, sending a million sh
Adriana's POVI tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep that night, despite the fact that Draven was sound asleep right next to me. We had talked a bit more, but after I told him that I wasn’t interested in giving him a chance to make things right, he started giving me the silent treatment. After that, we both just decided to go to sleep well, mostly I decided to. But I couldn’t sleep no matter how hard I tried. And let’s be honest, could you blame me? Draven was acting totally different now, and it was driving me crazy. The worst part was that I couldn’t tell whether that was a good thing or a bad thing. After all, he was being extra sweet and actually trying to be nice to me, for once. Why, though? Did he really have feelings for me? Because back in the day, the Draven I knew wouldn’t have given two shits whether I was upset or not. He would have done whatever he pleased and gotten away with it. But it was different now. He was actually trying to apologize and begging me to giv
Adriana's POV “I am not jealous. I just get fucking pissed when people take away what’s rightfully mine.”I could sense the anger in his tone. Instead of arguing with him, I decided to calm him down a little. He was misunderstanding anyway; I might as well clear it up.“Draven, I am not his to claim, alright? We’re just friends and...”“Yeah, right.” I watched him turn around to stare right up at the ceiling, a hand slumping on his forehead, and I raised a brow at him. “I see the way you look at him, Adriana…” He turned to face me again, and my eyes widened when I realized that his face was only an inch away from mine now. “And I see the way you look at me…”I stared dead into his eyes, and at this point, my heart ached for him. Even in the dark, I could see the pain and hurt in his eyes. Before I could say anything more, he concealed the hurt with his usual expressionless mask, causing my heart to drop.“It’s just different,” he added.“I could say the same about you and Lian
Adriana's POV He stopped to look down at me, and I went silent as I brought his wrist closer, my fingers trailing the veins on his arms. God, I was getting obsessed with every part of him again, and that was not good.I could feel his body tense up under my touch, but I didn’t make it a big deal. Instead, I took a deep breath and gave him a pleading look, to which Draven responded with a hard look on his face. He cocked an eyebrow at his wrist, motioning me to hurry up, and I let out a sigh in defeat, knowing that he would do it his "own" way if I didn’t cooperate right now.After making a last face in disgust, I licked off a drop of blood and scrunched up when the bitter taste filled my mouth.“You have to drink more than that.”“I can’t do it; it’s gross!”“Well, I’m not really giving you a choice right now, am I, doll face?” Draven shot right back, and his sudden outburst made me jump a little before I looked at him with wide eyes, tears slightly glistening inside them, but I
Adriana's POVWith a grunt, I started walking, and before I could even pass through the gate, I was already soaking wet, strands of my hair already sticking to my face, making me groan in annoyance. But I kept moving. I didn’t know where I was going or for how long I could keep walking like this, but I didn’t care. I just wanted to go for a walk, even if it meant for a few minutes.I gasped when thunder started bellowing across the sky, causing the rain to pour down on me even harder, and I let out an uncontrollable sob, hugging myself as tightly as I could.“I am holding him back? Using him? Playing him? Who the fuck do you think you are?!” I yelled, my tears blurring my vision as I kept walking. “What do you know…?” I asked out to practically no one, and by now, I was too weak to even shout or yell. “You’re just some stupid, ugly girl who...”My lame insults came to an abrupt stop along with my movements as a car stopped right next to the pavement I was walking on, and I watched
Adriana's POVMy eyes wandered at the people around me and I held in another breath, turning around to face Emily, who was now giving me her usual sympathetic look.“Don’t.”“No, I will. It’s already been three weeks, Adriana! You’re telling him tonight.”“Tell him what? That I want to leave and hear him beg me to stay again? He’s never going to let me leave, Emily, why can’t you see that already? I’ve tried.” I moved aside to give space to a couple who raised their glasses at me before leaving with a smile still plastered on their faces.“So you’re going to keep staying here? In this hole full of undeniably handsome men, who are, by the way, complete and utter jerks...”“Emily…” I mumbled, eyeing the Ardelean brothers, who were now standing right behind her...god knows how long they’ve been there.“No, I’m serious. It’s all about looks for them, isn’t it? They think they’re the real shit just because god blessed them with the looks? And to be







