Chapter 6 - The ConfessionAdrien was waiting beside the fireplace.
When Maya entered, he turned.
For several seconds, neither moved.
Then he said:
“Stop calling me Mr. Whitmore.”
Maya swallowed.
“Adrien.”
His expression changed.
It was the first time she had spoken his first name since returning to his life.
“I knew you the moment you walked into my office,” he said.
Maya stared at him.
“Why didn't you say anything?”
“Because you looked terrified.”
“I was.”
“I thought you'd leave if I told you.”
She laughed sadly.
“I spent fifteen years looking for you.”
“I spent twenty-two years remembering you.”
Silence filled the room.
Adrien approached.
“You still hold your breath when you're afraid.”
Maya looked down.
“You remember that?”
“I remember everything.”
The scar on her wrist.
The crackers.
The flashlight.
The promise.
The winter.
The separation.
Everything.
Maya's eyes filled with tears.
“I thought you were dead.”
Adrien's voice cracked.
“I thought you had forgotten me.”
She shook her head.
“Never.”
For one moment, the billionaire and the maid disappeared.
There were only two children again.
May you like
Then Adrien placed a folder in her hands.
“I need your help.”
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