After the wedding,Adrian could not find Elena.Her number was dead,her accounts were closed to him,and mutual friends stopped answering.For the first time,he realized Elena had never lacked the power to disappear.She had simply never had the heart to use it on him.After pulling every string he had,he learned she had gone with Victor to the Valenti estate outside Boston.High walls,iron gates,private doctors,family lawyers,and a security system so cold and precise he could not even get close.He went to Claire first.She stood outside a meeting room with red eyes."You finally came.Adrian,everyone says I made you lose Elena,but I did not..."Before,one tear would have softened him.This time,he only looked at her and remembered Sophia's words.The timing was always too perfect.Whenever he was about to get engaged,Claire collapsed.Whenever he was about to meet the Moretti elders,she ended up sick.At Sophia's wedding,she needed him nearby.When the bouquet flew toward Elena,she reached out.
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