wed me out of the ca

stent behavior was anno

uickened my pace and suddenly found

hind the gold-rimmed glasses,

s Adr

ms around his waist, feeling a

e whispered softly, "

me, and I felt the secur

what I

ack to reality. I tried to pull Adrian for

watching Julian, who seemed s

ink I believe that? He's not your type at al

d the

glasses, preferring those wh

ties that I don't like. Instead, he

d later? He tram

uld clearly feel Adrian's tension wh

lding an emotion I couldn't quite decipher, before tu

th, what kind of man my wife

He reached out, trying to pull me away from A

ept Julian at bay. "Julian,

that to me," Julian retorted, glar

r, remained unaffected by Julia

ng us, I'll have no choic

Julian, who seemed intent on continuing his p

won't do you any good to

it was only after he was gone th

ou know w

thing about my past to Ad

ce expressionless, revealin

ped his arm around my shoulder and le

ed in the very neighborhood

ing at my shoes for several seconds befo

lled me. She hinted that someone might be harassin

ed calm, his emotion

de me suspect he was

nly, "How did yo

le. "I'm sorry. I accidentally saw your college p

stun

hings from Adrian, he found

y, he

uld I e

't, I wasn't... That was the only group photo from col

an explanation, but in

tion yours, nor do I have the right to i

d uncompromising, ye

d, how could

even someone as composed a

uickly lowered my head, mu

now what e

y ruffling my hair. "There's

ly minded, he didn't

ty, yet he never asked about what happene

en me all the trust and

still h

an had always respected me, never forcing

ed to surprise