ELLIE'S POV The office felt colder than usual that morning.Maybe it was the air conditioner. Maybe it was the stares.I could feel them before I even reached my desk…eyes, whispers, the kind that crawl under your skin and stay there.I kept my head down, pretending to scroll through my phone.But I heard it, soft laughter, a name I didn’t want to hear.“Did you see them?”“In his arms! All night?”“I thought she hated him…”I wanted the ground to open and swallow me whole.I sat down quickly, pulling my chair close to the desk. My heart wouldn’t slow down. I could still feel the weight of Adrian’s arm around me from last night. The warmth, the peace that had wrapped around me like a blanket after days of trouble.And now… shame.Every time I looked up, I saw people’s eyes shift away too late. They’d been staring. Whispering.When I finally gathered enough courage to look toward Adrian’s office, the door was closed. Frosted glass. His name shining in gold letters like it always did
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