Chapter 121

DANTE'S POV

The silence that settled over the hallway was heavy as my question hung in the air, lingering between Adam and me.

All eyes were on us, waiting, as though they too wanted to know what his answer would be.

But he didn’t say anything.

Adam’s eyes met mine, and there was something in his expression that I couldn’t quite understand. A flash of something like guilt, or maybe it was frustration—I just couldn’t tell.

He looked down, his jaw clenched, and it was as though he was wrestling with something inside himself, something he couldn’t, or wouldn’t want to say.

My mother, who had been shouting just moments ago, was now standing quietly, looking at Adam with a suspicious gleam in her eye. Linda,on the other hand, was restless, her gaze flickering between Adam and me.

And as for me? I felt a cold, creeping doubt slowly spread into my chest as I stood there, staring at the man who, apparently, had saved my life.

Suddenly, my mind began to wander, piecing together every piece of