#Chapter 121 Friends?

Stella My heart pounds on the inside of my chest. My hands grow clammy, my mind running a mile a minute, unsure as to why I am opening up so much to Adrian in this moment. My skin feels hot and cold all at the same time. Maybe the reason I am opening up to Adrian is that it feels so easy. With him, I know that there are no expectations anymore. We have divorced and have separated, the distance between us having grown in the past couple of months, but now it feels like we are a pair of old friends finally reconnecting. It is a weird sensation. It is not like this with Sebastian. With Sebastian, I feel as if I have to pretend that everything is okay all the time. If I were to tell him that anything was wrong, I fear that he would go out on a rampage to try and make things better for me when that is the last thing that I want to happen. I do not want the attention of people staring at me, people always wondering what it is that they can do to help me feel better. I simply