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last update publish date: 2026-01-16 21:50:46

SERENA

By the time I finally shut my laptop, my shoulders ached in a dull and heavy way that came from sitting too long and thinking too hard at the same time. My inbox was cleared, my notes were organized, and my brain felt like it had been wrung out and left to dry somewhere behind my eyes.

Working from Adrian’s study had been productive, but it was also suffocating in a way I hadn’t expected, like the room carried too much of his presence even when he wasn’t in it.

I stretched slowly in the
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