Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 61 - チャプター 70

Adrian’s Pov I did not leave immediately this time. When the conversation slowed and the room settled into a quiet that was no longer tense, I stayed where I was instead of stepping back toward the door. I was aware of the time and the limits that had been set, but I could also feel that something had shifted slightly, and I did not want to move too quickly and undo it. Elara noticed. She always did. “You are still here,” she said, her tone calm but observant. “Yes,” I replied. “I will leave when you tell me to.” She held my gaze for a moment, like she was measuring whether that was patience or hesitation. “That is not what I asked,” she said. I understood what she meant. “I am not trying to stay longer,” I said. “I am just not rushing to leave.” She did not respond immediately. Instead, she looked at Blue, who was still standing near the structure, watching both of us like she was following something she did not fully understand yet. “That is different,” Blue said. I loo

Adrian’s Pov The next visit did not feel uncertain in the same way as before, but it was not easy either. I understood what was expected now, and that made the difference. I was not walking into something I needed to control. I was stepping into something I needed to respect. I arrived on time again. I stayed in the car for a moment before stepping out, not because I was hesitating, but because I wanted to be clear about how I approached it. Rushing into the house had never worked, and I was not going to repeat that mistake. When I knocked, I did it once and stepped back. Elara opened the door after a few seconds. She looked at me the same way she always did now, not cold, not welcoming, but aware. “You are on time,” she said. “Yes.” She stepped aside. “Come in.” I walked in and stopped where I usually did, not moving further without a reason. Blue was already in the living room, sitting near the structure again. She looked up when I entered, and this time she did not wait b

Adrian’s Pov I did not drive away immediately after leaving the house. I stayed in the car for a moment, hands resting on the wheel without starting the engine. It was not hesitation, just a pause to understand what had changed inside me. Nothing loud had happened during the visit, yet something still felt different. Blue had spoken more freely than before, and Elara had not interrupted her. Even the structure had become part of their conversation instead of something controlled or corrected. I could not ignore how unusual that felt compared to the first time I entered that house. I started the engine after a while and drove off slowly. The road back was quiet, and I did not fill it with thoughts that did not matter. I focused only on what had actually happened, not what I expected to happen. That was the only way it made sense now. When I got home, I did not go straight to work. I sat down first and let the silence settle properly. It was different from the silence in Elara’s h

Adrian’s Pov I did not drive away immediately after leaving the house. I stood beside the car for a moment, my hand resting on the door handle while I looked ahead without really seeing anything. The visit stayed with me in a way I could not ignore, not because anything dramatic had happened, but because nothing had been forced. That was the part that felt unfamiliar. I let out a slow breath before getting into the car and starting the engine. The drive home was quiet, but my mind was not racing the way it used to. I was not replaying every word or trying to figure out what I should have done differently. Instead, I kept thinking about the pauses. The moments where nothing happened, and how those moments seemed to matter more than anything I had said. That was new for me. When I got home, I dropped my keys on the table and loosened my tie, moving through the apartment without rushing. I poured myself a glass of water and leaned against the counter, staring at nothing for a few se

Adrian’s Pov I knew something was wrong before I even knocked. It was not something I could see from outside the house, but it was there in the way I slowed down as I approached the door. My hand hovered for a second before I knocked, not because I was unsure, but because I felt like I was walking into something that had already shifted without me being there to see it happen. I knocked once and stepped back, forcing myself not to overthink the pause that followed. When the door opened, Elara stood there, but her expression was different. She was not distant, but she was more alert than usual, like her attention had already been pulled in another direction before I arrived. “You are on time,” she said. “Yes,” I replied. She stepped aside without adding anything else, and I walked in, immediately scanning the room before settling into place. That was when I saw it. Blue was not sitting near the structure like she usually did. She was standing a few steps away from it, her arms h