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Author: Loe_ells
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Chapter Thirty-Nine— it's complicated

★Maliya's POV★

I cooked dinner to music.

Something upbeat and meaningless playing from my phone while I moved around the kitchen, chopping vegetables and stirring sauce. The routine was soothing. Familiar. Something I could control when everything else felt like it was spiraling.

Micaiah said he'd be home by seven. It was six-thirty now. Plenty of time to finish the chicken marsala and set the table.

I caught myself humming along to the music and smiled.

This was domestic. Normal. The kind of thing couples did—cooking dinner, waiting for each other to come home, sharing a meal at the end of the day.

Even if we weren't really a couple.

Even if this was temporary and probably doomed.

For now, it felt real.

Seven o'clock came and went.

I turned off the stove and covered the food, keeping it warm. Maybe he was stuck in traffic. Or his meeting ran late. He'd text soon to let me know.

My phone stayed silent.

Seven-thirty.

I set the table anyway. Two pl
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