But if Adrian had to be honest, she was haunting his thoughts for the past two weeks which was strange. He didn't know if he found her ridiculous or if he wanted to see her again.
It was difficult to figure out.
"Fine!" Adrian groaned, throwing his hands up. "Since you're so insistent on their 'motherly' needs and I refuse to part with my property, I have a solution that works for both of us. A compromise."
Ella paused, suspicious, "What kind of compromise?"
Adrian tilted his head, a flash of possessive tyrant glinting in his eyes, though he didn't even realize it, "If the pets won't leave you, and I won't leave the pets... then you stay here. In the mansion. You can 'co-parent' these ungrateful animals until I decide I'm tired of this setup."
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In the darkness, the air felt heavy. It smelled of iron, rot, and stagnant dampness.
Adrian found himself standing in a corridor that shouldn't exist in the Eve Mansion.
