CHAPTER 6 “The Argument We Didn’t Expect”· Adrian’s POV· He wouldn’t look at me. And that alone made my anger rise like hot water under a locked lid. I stood in the· center of the room, would turn around and explain why he acted like he had the right to rule my life. But Ethan· kept his back to me, hands on his hips, breathing too evenly, too quietly, as if he expected this fight.· “Say something,” I said. My voice was harder than I planned.· He finally faced me, slow and deliberate, like a man planning for war. “Do you want the truth,” he asked, “or· something polite?”· “I want to know why you stopped those reporters. You embarrassed me.”· His laugh was low and sharp. “Embarrassed you? Adrian, they were tearing into you. They were seconds· away from asking about your father.”· “Still not your business,” I snapped.· His eyes narrowed. “Maybe you should stop freezing every time someone says your father’s name.”· The words hit me like a slap.· A clean, forcef
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