Ella POV
Adam wants me to stay here with him? Did I just hear that right?
“You want me to stay?” I felt myself ask in disbelief. What was he getting at? Did he think we had a shot together, even with all the baggage of my past that I dragged behind me on an invisible tether?
“Of course, I do,” Adam whispered as he took a step closer.
I took a step back but found myself pressed up against the back of a tree. There was nowhere for me to go as Adam took another step forward.
“I already offered you the chance to stay before, but if it’s something you don’t want, I understand. Just know, that you are wanted here,” Adam whispered the last words into my ear.
When Walter had gotten so close to me, I had felt my body shudder in desperation to escape. With Adam though, my body shuddered differently. This was more instinctual and primal, and it felt wonderful.
