Semua Bab Claimed by His Stepbrother : Bab 41

Chapter 41-AdrianThree days later, I made a decision I couldn’t take back or proceed with. The house was quiet when I woke up. Too quiet. The kind that made thoughts louder than they should be. Evelyn was still asleep upstairs, and I didn’t go to her room. I hadn’t in two nights. Not because I didn’t want to—but because I needed space to think clearly.And clarity had become a dangerous thing.I stood by the window downstairs, phone in my hand, staring at a message I’d already memorized.She’s the key.We move when you say so.I exhaled slowly, thumb hovering over the screen. That message was the reason I had brought her here in the first place. The reason I had insisted on my uncle’s house. The reason I hadn’t let her go home.Not even the unplanned reveal of the affair between Paul and Clara.This.It had started weeks ago—long before Evelyn ever looked at me the way she did now, though still fused with hate. Long before she slept in my arms without knowing why she felt safe there