CHAPTER 38

Adrienne didn't know why, but she also started to get angry like Pedro. She couldn't accept being accused again by the man she loved. She hadn't done anything wrong, yet here she was being treated as if she had.

"What is this again? I haven't done anything wrong! So what if I'm with Ethan? Is it forbidden for me to have friends now? Do you always have to think the worst of everything?" she retorted, incredulously looking at the man.

Pedro sat on the bed, lost in his own thoughts. "I'm afraid of losing you. Yes, I can get everything I want, but I can't always have the people I love."

She still wasn't convinced. "Why? Do you already love me? Pedro, you haven't even courted me yet, but even so, I hope you can at least trust me. Haven't I always told you—I'm not the type of woman who loves just anyone!"

"Pedro, Sir, boss, or whatever I should call you. I have loved, will love, and have loved you for ten or more years. Since we were in college, you've been in my heart. I worked hard to get