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Chapter 10: First Conflict

Author: DOLAETHRA
last update publish date: 2025-11-07 00:49:29

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about marriage, real or otherwise, it’s that silence isn’t peace.

It’s just the sound before the storm.

And that morning, the storm had finally arrived.

It started small, It always does.

The newspaper across the dining table, a glossy spread about the “Kingsley Gala,” with a photo of Adrian don in in a black tuxedo beside some elegant brunette in a silver gown. Her hand rested lightly on his arm, her smile polished to perfection.

I stared at the picture too
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