chapter 11

Asher strode confidently into the conference room, his determined footsteps echoing in the otherwise hushed environment. His demeanor masked the inner turmoil he couldn't escape, the lingering thoughts of the woman he had just conversed with and the uncanny resemblance she bore to Adina, an enigma from his past that he couldn't help but obsess over.

He had been asking himself, perhaps more often than he cared to admit, why he was still seeking traces of Adina. It was as if her presence, or the ghost of her memory, had an unsettling grip on his psyche. Yet, Asher's primary objective at that moment was to expel her memory from his mind. With determination in his heart, he had resolved to drive her out of his life.

In pursuit of this objective, he had embarked on a mission to uncover her whereabouts, only to triumphantly discover that the apartment she had shared with her boyfriend had been abandoned for nearly four months. The satisfaction of his small victory was, however, tainted by h