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Chapter 46

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SELENE

The news didn’t land the way words usually did.

Adrien’s voice had been calm. Measured. Like he was delivering something normal. Like he hadn’t just dropped it in the middle of the room and expected it not to explode.

Christmas planning committee.

My name.

Limited role. Supervised. Non negotiable.

Then he went quiet, waiting for my reaction.

I stood there after he finished speaking, my hands still, my body still, my mind lagging a few seconds behind. It felt like when you miss a step on the stairs and your stomach jumps before your feet catch up.

I didn’t react right away.

I just stood there.

The idea didn’t land properly. It hovered. Thin. Wrong. Like a sentence that didn’t finish.

For a second, I honestly thought he was joking.

Not because it was funny.

But because it made no sense.

I waited for him to add something. A correction. A follow up. A smile that said got you.

Nothing came.

He just looked at me.

That was when it started to feel unreal. Like a joke with no punchline.
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