Chapter 52

ADAM

Damn it. Eloise’s phone was dead silent, and every text she ignored drove me crazy. I felt my possessive side creeping in, bringing up dark thoughts, and my usual response was to fuck—aggressively and mercilessly.

Now that she had been showing signs of wanting to go further, my urge to bring her to her knees intensified.

One of her colleagues told me she went out with Chase. I knew I couldn’t demand explanations, but something just didn’t feel right.

I tried calling her again, but it went to voicemail.

Why was she with Chase? Why wasn’t she answering?

I was thinking about driving to her place when someone rang my doorbell. It was my brother.

Carter barged in, and he gave me a knowing look. To my surprise, he wasn’t alone—he had brought someone unexpected with him: Adrianna Meyer, or should I say, Adrianna Jackson, my ex and, unfortunately, my arch nemesis’s current wife.

“She insisted on coming,” Carter explained.

I forced a tight-lipped smile and asked, my brows furrowe