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Chapter 28 - Can't Let Go

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last update Last Updated: 2026-01-07 17:07:44

Crystal's POV

When the door opened, I didn’t expect him.

I’d been sitting on my bed, staring absently at the wall, letting the silence soak into me. My thoughts had been like tangled knots, my mind replaying the scene from earlier over and over until it became a blur. Then the door clicked open, and the air in the room seemed to shift.

Adrian stood there, framed by the doorway, his presence filling the space like a storm rolling in. But he wasn’t the same cold, unreadable Adrian I had grown accustomed to.

His eyes…

They weren’t as sharp and assessing as weapons like they usually were. There was something else in there, inside those eyes. Something heavier, softer, and I couldn’t quite place it.

I frowned, unsure what to make of it. With Adrian, it could mean anything. It could be anger, it could be curiosity, it could be calculation. It could even be him just wanting to mess with my head.

He was an enigma I had long given up on understanding.

He began to walk toward me. His steps were
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