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Chapter 54 Her Secret Plan

Author: Mira Light
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-06 18:00:00

  As they continued walking, Emily stopped again at a quiet corner of the gallery. There, a soft light bathed a minimalist installation: a crescent moon and scattered stars cast across a curved glass panel. Her breath caught.

It reminded her of something.

The rings.

She had just finished the final design days ago—his was etched with constellations, hers with a single rising moon.

A private detail. Something only they’d understand.

Her fingers brushed the pendant at her collarbone as she stared.

Maybe… maybe she’d get them made soon.

She wasn’t sure when it would be the right moment to give them to him.

Even if their marriage hadn’t begun with love… Emily knew, somewhere deep down, she was starting to feel something.

Maybe not a grand, sweeping kind of love—not yet.

But something warm. Quiet. Real.

And that was enough.

Adrian had never asked for anything in return. He’d protect
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