Chapter 90: For the Headlines… or Me?
ADRIEN’S POV
The words left my mouth before I had time to soften them.
"Come home with me."
She turned to look at me, eyes wide. "What?"
I didn’t look at her. Couldn’t. Not if I wanted to keep this plan from sounding as calculated as it truly was.
"To my place. Tonight."
"For... what exactly?"
"To clear any lingering rumors of the scandal," I replied, my voice deliberately measured. "We need to be seen together."
She hesitated. I could feel it, even in the silence that followed.
"You’ve already cleared everything up," she said quietly. "The internet’s been wiped clean."
I turned my head, letting my gaze finally meet hers. The passing streetlights cut across her face in fractured flashes. Beautiful. Fragile. Tired.