Chapter 279: Neither of Us Is Letting Go
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3rd Person POV
Adrien’s expression remained unchanged, but something flickered in his eyes.
Ethan let out a breath, rubbing his hand over his face. "You really didn’t think that was something I should know?"
Finally, Adrien turned his head, his gaze meeting Ethan’s with a calm that didn’t match the tension.
"It wasn’t about you."
Ethan let out a short, humorless laugh. "Right. Because I just happen to be the guy standing here who also—" He cut himself off, exhaling sharply. "Forget it."
"No," Adrien said quietly. "You should go on."
Ethan locked eyes with him, his expression noticeably sharper.
"I said it’s messed up," he repeated, voice tense. "You and him, sneaking around like that behind my back. And yeah, things were complicated, but that doesn’t make it any less messed up."
Adrien didn’t reply right away.
Ethan let out another breath, shaking his head. "I’m not even getting into the whole stepbrother thing now because that’s a whole different level of weird, but seriously... you couldn’t have said anything?"