Chapter 73: ALLIES

Adelaide curled up in the center of a soft down-filled mattress. In comparison to the furs she had slept on for a year, it felt like laying on a cloud and yet, she couldn’t remember the last time she had felt cold right into her marrow. Her heart ached painfully, or perhaps it was her chest that was tormenting her with no means of relief.

Missing Torris was the last thing she had expected. These past weeks she had half expected they would not remain together. After all, he belonged to the past - a part of history that could never be changed. She wasn’t a fool - Gavin was a jealous man and wouldn’t welcome another man’s baby into his life with open arms. She’d come to grips with it before she left her husband and yet...what had changed?