Sophia’s POV…..Coming home felt different tonight.Not because the house had changed—Adrian’s place was still vast, quiet, intimidating in its perfection—but because I had. Or maybe because something inside me was stirring, stretching, remembering how to exist in spaces like this.The door closed softly behind me, the sound echoing faintly through the marble hallway.“Adrian?” I called.“I’m here,” his voice came from the living room.I followed it, my steps cautious, my nerves humming under my skin. He was standing near the window, sleeves rolled up, phone in one hand, a glass of wine in the other. He looked… composed. Controlled. Like a man who always knew what came next.And for some reason, that unsettled me.“You’re back later than I expected,” he said, turning.“Ice cream turned into talking,” I replied.A ghost of a smile crossed his lips. “That sounds like Lily.”“It does,” I said softly, surprised that I could say it with certainty.He studied my face for a moment, as if we
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