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Chapter Twenty Nine

Author: Meredith.O
last update publish date: 2026-05-07 03:33:50

Helen’s POV

Something had changed in Adrian and I noticed it before anyone else did.

It wasn't because I was watching him closely, though I always was but because I knew Adrian in a way no one else did. I understood the silences he didn’t explain, the distance he didn’t acknowledge, including the moods he pretended weren’t there. And this? This wasn’t normal.

I stood by the window in my apartment, my phone still in my hand, staring at the last call that had ended too abruptly to feel accidental
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