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Chapter 10: The Photos

Author: Lita
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-28 21:50:08

Adrian’s Pov

The days drag on painfully slowly and I don't get anything from Corbett. Anxiety fills my day while worry occupies my night. I am unable to sleep at night or even focus at the office because I keep seeing her face. I see it when I close my eyes or see her in other people. I don't believe in ghosts but is there a possibility that I am being haunted by her ghost?

But ghosts don't wear perfume or feel soft under your fingers but she did.

“Maybe I'm finally losing my mind. Maybe grief and heartbreak finally ate up the last of my sanity,” I whisper as I lie awake in my dark room. I can barely recognize myself since the gala.

But I think back to what she said before entering the car and it feels like a spark to ignite the fire within me

“It was always over.”

I smile at the slip-up. It could mean anything I know what she is referring to.

“I’ll find out who you really are, Zara or Aria. Whoever you are.”

I show up at the office the next day on Sunday because we have some project
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