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Chapter Twenty-Three: Alpha

Adrian Muaas Knox

"Muaas-"

"No, Ru- I mean Elaine. It's late, sleep. The doctor said you need rest."

Adrian uttered to the girl who insisted she wanted to speak longer with him as if it had been long since they last saw each other.

"You almost called me your wife's name."

Her observational skill was always annoying.

"Elaine."

He warned.

She was in her nightgown in the guest bedroom. He stood by the door because he couldn’t risk standing closer; he didn't feel like himself around her so the best would be distance.

The feeling had been there since she learned to use her lashes when speaking.

Something about the innocence of her eyes drove him insane. Well, it used to drive him insane before he saw tears in Ruby’s crimson gaze, yet still, he no longer felt the ease he did around Elaine.

She was like a kid sister to him, and now…she puzzled every fibre in his being.

"Muaas."

She uttered with a smile to his annoyance before both of them broke out in laughter.

He couldn't stay
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