I sighed helplessly. With my reputation as just a worthless second daughter with no commercial value, definitely, I should be the wrong candidate for his purpose, right?
My thoughts warred within me. Adrian sighed faintly, the helplessness in his tone left me wondering.
"You don't have to think that I approached you for any reason," he muttered, tossing away the blanket from his body as he left the bed. A tremor of rage etched in his voice.
I was stumped as I stared at him. "Did he just counter what I was thinking?" My heart raced.
"Wait, was that tremor a proof he was angry?" I thought to myself.
I had felt it like a storm course through my veins before it calmed.
Taking a deep, calming breath, I urged my heart not to bother about his mood and focus on the matter at hand — my plans for returning to the Norton family.
