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"What's there to talk about?" There was finally a slight change in Silas' tone, but it was a clean, decisive kind of finality. "Whatever it is, William already went over it very clearly with your legal team in your conference room a few days ago.""That doesn't count!" Teresa cut him off, her tone urgent. "I never signed the agreement William brought, and I never will! Silas, why don't you want the apartment? Why did you only take that little bit of salary? Are you doing this to punish me?"She tried to drag the conversation back to the compensation logic she was familiar with, as if so long as Silas was willing to name a price, there would still be some loophole she could exploit."It's not a punishment." Silas calmly shattered her self-deception. "I just don't want to have anything to do with you anymore. I've already signed the agreement."His voice rang out so clearly on the other end of the line that it felt like he was standing right in front of her. At the same time, he was
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Teresa's voice came out hoarse and scraped raw, with a dryness and carefulness she didn't even notice herself. This question—half a month late—sounded unbearably weak right now."I'm fine."Silas' answer was quick and simple. His tone was steady. There was no sarcasm, no resentment, and not even the slightest ripple of emotion at getting her call. It was like he was answering a random telemarketer who'd dialed the wrong number.That polite, distant calm made Teresa feel as if a handful of broken glass were lodged in her throat. She couldn't swallow it down, nor could she cough it up.She would've preferred him yelling at her over the phone, shouting at her for being blind and for not knowing what was good for her. Heck, she would've even preferred him picking a fight with her over some trivial thing like he used to.At least that would've meant he still cared, that he still had some anger left. But his cool response shoved her straight into the humiliating, unfamiliar position of
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Teresa had no idea how long she sat on the cold floor that night.It wasn't until the night over Bellmere slowly faded outside the huge living room windows, and a lifeless gray light crept over the horizon, that she finally felt like she was surfacing from a long, suffocating dive in deep water.Her legs were completely numb. She felt like thousands of needles were stabbing into every nerve at once.Bracing herself against the edge of the couch, Teresa struggled to her feet. Her knees immediately buckled in protest.The flats on the floor, the anniversary gifts, and the faded sticky notes still lay quietly where they'd fallen. They were like a silent verdict, nailing down three full years of her arrogance and coldness.Teresa walked over to the kitchen island and poured herself a glass of cold water, chugging it down in big gulps. The icy liquid slid down her dry, swollen throat into her stomach, triggering a slight spasm. At the same time, it cleared her head slightly, which felt
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Three whole years.Every year, Silas had carefully prepared a gift. Every year, he had waited for Teresa to come home, his heart full of hope and anticipation.And every year, she hadn't even had the patience to open the gifts and take a look. She'd just tossed them into the back of a drawer and left them there to gather dust with old, discarded paperwork.Teresa cradled the boxes in her arms and stumbled out of the study toward the entryway. Her heels were rubbed raw from the four-inch stilettos she'd worn all day, and the backs of her feet burned with pain. She pulled open the bottom drawer of the shoe cabinet, looking for band-aids.The drawer slid open. There were no band-aids inside, but there was a pair of unbelievably soft lambskin flats. They were an off-white cream with no extra decorations at all. The leather was so soft it looked like a cloud.The date on the receipt at the bottom of the shoebox was from a year and a half ago.Teresa froze.A year and a half ago, TRS
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On 5th October, Silas messaged, "Your stomach's been acting up lately. I asked someone to get a batch of low-acid decaf beans and left them in the pantry by your office. Cut back on those iced black coffees from outside—they're really hard on your stomach. "What do you feel like eating tonight? How about I make you something nice and comforting?"Teresa: "Got it. Not coming home. Client dinner."On 20th September, Silas said, "It's almost midnight. Are you still at the office? Come home and get some sleep. The work will still be there tomorrow. Good night."Teresa hadn't replied.On 15th August, Silas texted, "I passed by the flower market today and saw a really pretty peace lily. I bought it and put it in your study. They say it helps absorb radiation from the computer."Teresa still hadn't replied.…Teresa stared at the screen, her fingers frozen in midair.How could this be a married couple's chat history? It was clearly a conversation between an idiot forever talking to
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The Maybach rolled to a stop in the underground garage. The moment the engine cut off, the car fell into absolute silence.Teresa pulled out the keys and pushed the door open. Her high heels hit the epoxy floor, one step at a time, like some rusty clockwork toy.Just 15 minutes ago, she'd bolted out of that boutique cafe. Estelle's last look at her—half-mocking, half-speechless—had landed on her like a blunt club to the back of her head. It had smashed to pieces all the shrewdness and pride she'd been so smug about for the past three years.Teresa took the elevator straight to the top floor, pressed her finger to the scanner, and pushed the front door open."Welcome home." The smart lock's female voice was flat and mechanical, completely devoid of emotion.Teresa didn't turn on the main lights. She just reached over and tapped on the wall switch for the entryway sconce. The apartment was so quiet she could hear her own slightly rapid breathing.There was no smell of food in the a
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Unable to exert much force with his left hand, Silas had to sign very slowly and carefully, but he did it all the same. Once the forms were all signed, the nurse gathered them with a sigh and left.Silas leaned back against the pillow and, with his left hand, grabbed the phone that had been left on
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The smell of disinfectant and medical-grade alcohol filled his lungs each time Silas breathed. He struggled to open his heavy eyelids.It took a few seconds for the blinding white that filled his vision to slowly focus into the fluorescent lights on the ceiling. The steady, rhythmic beeping of a ca
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The door to the apartment opened and closed, not with a loud slam, but with a soft click. Yet it was precisely the calmness of this moment that gave a stronger sense of irreversible finality, far more than a raging storm would have.The apartment fell into complete silence once more.Teresa stood
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Silas didn't feel sad for himself, but for Teresa, the woman in front of him who was blinded by her own arrogance."I don't think you're a blind idiot," Silas said, his voice a little hoarse as he tried to maintain the last of his patience."The money from Seek Capital is real. But Carlton's goal
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