LUCIA’S POVThe door opened wider as I stared at him in disbelief. He looked nothing like the confident man I once knew. His shoulders sagged, his shirt creased, and there was a dull tiredness in his eyes that made me pause.“What are you doing here, Thames?” I asked again, folding my arms.He didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he exhaled deeply, rubbing the back of his neck. “Can I please come in, Lucia? Just for a while.”I hesitated. Every part of me wanted to tell him to leave, to remind him of how many times I’d told him to fix things with Lia instead of running here. But something in his voice stopped me…it was low, broken, defeated.“Fine,” I said quietly, stepping aside.He walked in, slow and heavy, like each step took effort. The air in the room grew tense. He sat on the couch, his elbows on his knees, staring at the floor like it held the answers to everything he’d lost.“You look terrible,” I said finally, closing the door.“I feel worse,” he muttered.I sighed, walked to
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