Lorelei quickly grabbed the impulsive, furious Whitney and turned to Adrian. "Don't get worked up, handsome. We didn't mean any harm. It was just a little misunderstanding!"
Sara slung the backpack over her shoulder and grabbed Adrian's arm. "Ignore them. Let's go!"
Adrian swept a cold gaze over the two women before following Sara up the trail.
Once they were out of earshot, he finally asked, "What was the fight about?"
Sara let out a harsh scoff. "She was trying to drive a wedge between me and Norah. I've known her for an hour—why the hell would I trust her? It's so stupid it's infuriating!"
Adrian laughed. "You're pretty fierce!"
"Giving her even a second of politeness is just being cruel to myself," Sara retorted.
She glanced back at him. "You're not so bad yourself. You didn't even know what we were arguing about, but you came right over to back me up."
"Obviously. I always side with my people. I favor my friends over reason any day of the week!" Adrian adjusted the straps of his backpack. His tone was half-joking, and his stride was confident and striking as he climbed.
It was a flawed piece of logic, yet he managed to make it sound incredibly charismatic.
Sara gave him a thumbs-up. "I feel completely at ease leaving Norah in your hands!"
"Thanks for the endorsement. You're pretty great too, and thanks for defending Norah!"
After a brief round of mutual flattery and a few more jokes, their sour moods completely vanished, and they continued their trek upward.
*
Meanwhile, Norah and Gonzalez had already reached the designated meeting spot. Since it was one of the main attractions, the area was crowded with tourists. There was a glass skywalk and a high-altitude bungee jump nearby, while a rock-climbing competition on the opposite mountain had drawn a massive crowd of onlookers.
Norah stared intently at the bungee jumping platform. Catching her eager expression, Gonzalez asked, "Want to try?"
Seeing that most of the jumpers looked like they were plummeting to their deaths, Norah violently shook her head. "Forget it. I don't have a death wish!"
The smile on Gonzalez's lips widened. "When your leg is fully healed, I'll bring you back to experience it. It's not as terrifying as you think."

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The readers' comments on the novel: Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan)
With Adrian last comment, he's gonna get whipped and wonder what happened. Thank you so so much for the updates....
May we please have more updates. Thank you....
I would like for Norah to secretly have her memory restored and not tell anyone just to observe how everyone is trying to keep mess going....
Janice and Adrian don't want Norah to be with Xavier....
Thank you for the updates. You do keep us in suspense....
Curious as to how, what, when and where Norah will get her memory back of Xavier....
I'm so glad that Gonzalez was able to get Luke, Oliver and all others who wanted to challenge himas the CEO straight. Interesting how Xavier made reference to a girlfriend concerning his gift to Norah, but never did this before her accident. I'm grateful for the updates. Thank you...
I had a lot of catching up to do..oh buoy, what twist and turns. Loved every bit of it, thank you for keep updating the novel. Hoping for more love along the way....
May we please have updates. Thank you...
Someone needs to send a new picture of Trevor to Oliver and Luke so that they will get their requested reports to Gonzalez asap. If they didn't know, now they know what awaits them if they continue to disrespect and NOT follow orders....