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Chapter 8: Awkward Conversations

Author: DOLAETHRA
last update publish date: 2025-11-04 22:12:56

If anyone had told me that being married to a billionaire would mean spending most of my time dodging conversations, I would’ve laughed. But that’s exactly what it was like with Adrian, like living in a house made of glass where every word had weight and and could shatter everything.

The morning started like most others.

I poked at my cereal, trying not to look at him too long. The clink of his spoon against the coffee cup was the only sound between us.

He looked tired like he’d been car
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