ADELINE'S POV
"You're sure no one saw you?" I ask Dante as he walks into my house. I moved back into my house the same day Dante and I made our plan and I'm still to call Liam and reveal to him that Dante and I are broken up now. He's going to throw a million questions at me that I'm going to have to answer with lies.
He hastily picks me up and slams his lips on mine before I can get my next words out. I miss him so much I feel like my heart could explode.
"God, I've missed you. I don't know how I'm ever survive without you constantly by my side princess. I can't wait for all this to be over." He whispers against my lips and my body is screaming at me right now to get a taste of him. I'm going to miss him so much while I'll be out there pretending there with Adrian.
"It'll all be over soon and I'll be all yours. You know I was worried about this but it's kind of exciting now. Everything is going as planned so far. You don't think I'm weird, do you? I mean we'll kind of be breaking the law in the final phase?" I ask staring into his eyes with my hands wrapped around his neck.
He caresses my ass cheek as he holds me in place and smirks. "I think you're badass and hot, and sexy and beautiful. Plus, don't see it as breaking the law. He'll sign the papers out of his own free will. He just won't know what he's getting into." Dante says.
"You know the most difficult part about all this will be explaining to Liam why I suddenly have a change of heart about Adrian. He's going to want to know why you and I are supposedly no longer together." I say with a frown. Never in the history of my life did I think I would ever have to lie to my best friend.
I mean I remember telling Liam everything. We never hide anything from each other, but lately, I haven't been as open with him as before. I mean he doesn't even know that Adrian has been stalking me and this is something i would have told Liam without hesitation a few weeks ago.
"Do you want to tell him what we're doing? If you feel uncomfortable doing this without him, I'll totally understand if you want to bring him into this." Dante proposes and I shake my head instantly in denial.
"No way. In case you've forgotten, Liam is a lawyer. He'll never be okay with this. I'll tell him but only after all this is over. I just hope he'll understand." I say with a frown.
"Of course, he'll understand Adeline. He's your best friend." Dante says softening his eyes at me. I smile and blush because that's what his gaze does to me every single time he looks at me with so much intensity.
"Hey what are you going to do while you're pretending to be in another country. I know this must be hard for you too because you'll basically have to act like a ghost. No one has to find out you're still in town." I say tilting my head at him.
He smirks. "You know I've been lowkey my entire life. I don't have much of a problem sticking to the shadows until all this is done. I'll be fine Adeline. What I'm worried about is you. I don't trust Adrian."
Worry is etched on his face as he speaks. I don't trust Adrian myself but I know all I have to do is study him to know the kid of man he is. I've studied human psychology for as long as I know and I know for sure it won't take me long to break through to Adrian.
He's like an open book actually. I know exactly how to get to him and manipulate him into trusting me.
"I can deal with Adrian Dante." I say with a menacing and evil smirk. "He has no idea what I have in store for him. By the time I'm done with him, he'll be so sorry for messing with me and my family."
Dante looks at me in the way he usually does when he's proud of me and I can't help but smile back.
"And what about your parents. You're doing all this for them and yet you claim to hate them so much. Do you think things will be different between you and them when all of this is over?" He asks.
My face falls at the mention of my parents like it always does. I know where I stand with my parents and I know it's not going to change. Things would have been very different if my parents even tried to act like they cared about me but they don't and I understand that now.
I said as soon as all this is done and they have their money, I will not be considering them as my parents any longer. They can both go to hell with their money and their stupid company.
"My parents are a complicated matter, Dante. I honestly don't know what to do with them, but I know after all this, I don't want anything to do with them. I know they're my parents and I love them. I would do anything for them and that's what I'm doing right now but that doesn't mean they need to be a part of my life. I just don't want people like that close to me anymore. We clearly have different beliefs and I'm tired of going back and forth with them on how I should be living my life." I say, my breath rising and my heart beating with every word.
No matter how strong my words may come out, I know for sure that no child wants to be separated from their parents no matter how old they get, but I guess not everyone is blessed with understanding parents and that's okay.
I have Dante, I have Liam and I have a job that I love doing.
"I know I say this a million times but you're the strongest person I know Adeline. This will all be over soon I promise." He says and places a small kill on my forehead.
Getting motivation and reassurance from Dante has become one of my favorite parts of my daily routine.
"You know I've never truly thanked you." I blurt out.
"For what, silly?" He asks with a small chuckle.
"For walking into my office that day. I'm so glad I met you, Dante. I'm so glad you came into my life, because you came and helped me break out of my shell. You showed me a part of myself that I thought I would never find again. A part of myself that I had buried a long time ago. You helped me be myself and I just wanted to thank you for all that." I say and I feel myself start to get emotional.
I don't know why my heart reacts to Dante this way but it's something that I've never felt before. Something that completely consumes and overwhelms me. It's greater than any emotion I've ever felt for a man before. This man will be the death of me.
"You don't have to thank me for anything princess. All I did was give you a push but every single thing that you've accomplished is all you. Never forget that okay?" I nod and before I can get another word out, Dante shuts me up with a passionate kiss that makes my head spin like a merry go round.