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The Call

Author: Emilycee
last update publish date: 2026-01-28 00:11:39

ADRIAN POV

The past two months in Paris had been exactly what Adrian needed.

Not just for himself but for everything.

He’d gone to therapy three times a week. Every session with Dr. Laurent was brutal. She didn’t hold back at all neither did she sugarcoat anything. Just told him the truth over and over until he finally started to understand it.

He was the problem.

Not Kira nor his mother or work or stress or timing.

Him.

He’d pushed his wife too far. Ignored her for nine years. Made her feel in
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