My Brother’s Brother のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 14

Elara looked at her watch and smiled as the big hand hit 12, marking the 3 o clock hour. Adrian's final class of the day just ended, and as she gathered her stuff from the glossy library table, her heart fluttered at the thought of seeing him. She decided to wait at least 5 minutes before casually strolling towards his office hallway, but as soon as the thought landed, her phone rang.It was Adrian.“Hello?”“Hey love, where are you”, he asked in his deep sexy voice. Elara felt her toes curl in her boots and bit the inside of her cheek.“I'm in the library, just finishing up”, she said quietly.“Okay, cause I'd like to see you”, she said, and she could hear the smile in his voice. She pressed her lips together in a secret smile.“Aren't you still in class?”, she asked shyly.“Nope. Finished early. I kept thinking about you, and it wasn't fair to my other students to I had to dismiss them early”, Adrian said with fake superiority.Elara rolled her eyes, “how noble of you”“Right? I kn

By the time Adrian guided Elara away from the bar, the club had blurred into something louder and less defined, the music no longer rhythmic so much as relentless, the lights smearing color across every surface. He kept a firm hand at her elbow as he moved them through the crowd, steering her toward a quieter corridor near the restrooms where the bass dulled and the air felt marginally breathable.Elara laughed softly, the sound slipping out of her without much reason behind it, her steps unsteady as she leaned more of her weight into him than she probably meant to. “So,” she said, dragging the word out as she tilted her head to look at him, eyes glassy but curious, “you’re a free-clubbing type now?”Adrian exhaled through his nose, more tired than amused. “I’m not,” he replied, keeping his voice low. “I was supposed to meet…someone. I didn’t expect to find you halfway through a bottle.”She frowned at that, as if considering whether to be offended, then shrugged it off entirely. Not