Mature Content. 18+ Please read only if you are comfortable (you have been warned)!
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Adrian's voice was hoarse as he uttered, "I was scared…"
Ella froze.
Her eyes widened, her heart thundering in her chest. Adrian, this untouchable man sounded so vulnerable in the moment that she did not know what to say.
She did not know the weird feeling that fluttered in her chest either. As if her heart lake that had sworn to stay unmoved felt a ripple in lifetimes.
Adrian looked at Ella like she would disappear if he took his gaze off.
He had turned his horse around in the middle of the race and that was when he saw the white horse going berserk.
The very possibility that he wouldn't have turned in time, he couldn't have caught up to her in time and she would have proceeded to act on her own, risking her life still haunted him.
