32. The kiss

SOPHIA CASTILLO

I must be hearing wrongly. I definitely must be hearing wrongly.

For the past week, Adrian has been surprising me with his attitude and now he was talking to me about freedom.

Memories of when I first knew Adrian resurfaced in my head. It doesn't seem right. It suddenly felt as if the man in front of me wasn't Adrian and a different person entirely.

It felt as if he had been switched and the man talking to me right now is someone else.

That wasn't the only thing that surprised me but he was talking to me as if we have been friends for a very long time.

Everything seemed different and I closed my eyes and opened them many times to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

It felt too real to be true. Firstly, he volunteered to drive my shopping and now he was talking about my freedom.

I opened my mouth to say something but closed them back.

We arrived at the mall and I expected Adrian to drive back but instead, he told me to wait inside the car, he came down from the car, walked to