All Chapters of Desire And Revenge : Chapter 261 - Chapter 264

Isabella POVAdrian returned to work, and the four of us walked back to my gallery to say our goodbyes.Victoria had to get back to her shop, while Varos and Mirabel were expected at my parents' house for dinner. I wished we could spend a little more time together, but I was grateful they had come in the first place. “Thanks for coming down to see me,” I said, looking between them. It meant more than I could properly express, knowing that even during the darkest period of my life, I was never truly alone.My family had always been there for me, especially my brother. No matter how difficult things became or how undeserving I sometimes felt of his kindness, Varos never turned his back on me. I looked up to him in ways he would probably never understand. He had always been someone I could depend on, and I wasn't sure I told him that often enough. “Of course.” He pulled me into a one-armed hug, giving me a reassuring squeeze before releasing me. “It's nice to see that you're doing better

Isabella POVAdrian spoke about those relationships without bitterness or regret. There was nothing particularly emotional in his face, either. He seemed to have accepted those endings for what they were, without carrying any lingering resentment toward the women he'd once been involved with.It was such a different experience from mine that I found myself listening closely, trying to imagine what it would be like to leave a relationship behind without feeling as if a part of me had been left behind with it.Adrian didn’t describe his romantic life in the way I described mine at all. It didn’t seem like he’d ever really been in love either. He just had one relationship and then the next. “Did you ever love these women?”“I said that I did,” he said. “But now, I realize there are different kinds of love because I’ve never felt this all consuming passion that you describe for Cassian. I’ve never felt weak in the knees, or like I couldn’t live without this person. I was seeing a woman wh