CHAPTER 71

SETTLING INI woke slowly, not rushed, just drifting upward from sleep the way you do when your body finally feels safe enough to rest. The smell, clean, soft, almost weightless. Fresh white sheets warmed by sleep. A breeze slipped in from the open terrace doors, cool against my bare arms, lifting the sheer curtains so they breathed in and out like something alive. Somewhere outside, I could hear the distant hush of the sea, steady and patient, the kind of sound that didn’t demand anything from me.Greece smelled like air that hadn’t been touched yet. I lay still for a moment, letting the bed hold me. The mattress was wide, Not Adrian’s bed. Not mine back home. No memories pressed into it yet. Just space.Sunlight spilled across the floor in pale stripes, catching the edges of the room, stone walls, light wood furniture, a vase of white flowers on the side table that I didn’t remember putting there. Everything felt intentional. Calm. Like this place had been designed for people who

Last Updated : 2026-01-03

CHAPTER 72

The ringing stopped.I exhaled, slow and shaky, my fingers curling into the sheets. Maybe that was it. Maybe she’d…The phone rang again. I wasn’t going to pick up the phone.What would she even do?The screen kept lighting up beside me, vibrating softly against the nightstand, the sound sharp and intrusive against the quiet of the room. Each buzz made my shoulders tense, my fingers curl slightly into the sheets. I had crossed continents. I had left hospital beds, boardrooms, and broken conversations behind. Surely distance counted for something.Nothing had happened the last time I ignored her. No emails leaked. No photos surfaced. No sudden headlines or whispers online. Just silence. The phone stopped vibrating.I exhaled, slow and careful, like I’d been holding my breath without realizing it. Greece was supposed to feel like escape. Instead, my chest felt tight, like I’d carried the chaos with me in my luggage.She probably saw the photos I posted. Of course she did. I shouldn’t ha

Last Updated : 2026-01-07

CHAPTER 73

WHY IS SHE HERE ?I scrolled slowly, my thumb hovering, my chest tight in a way I hadn’t anticipated. Some comments were kind, some curious, some edged with speculation disguised as concern.‘Tabitha : Are you traveling alone?’‘Klowedth:Where’s Daniel?’ There it was. The question everyone wanted to ask without asking directly.I locked the phone and slipped it into my bag, but it was too late. The noise had already seeped in. Maria was walking a few steps ahead of me, pointing out a small art shop. I followed, nodding, smiling when expected, but my mind kept drifting back to the screen.Maria turned back toward me. “Everything okay?”“Yes,” I said, surprising myself with how true it sounded. “I just remembered something.”She smiled, satisfied, and we kept walking. She took me to a small restaurant tucked just off the main street, the kind that didn’t try too hard to impress. whitewashed walls, wooden chairs worn smooth by years of use, the smell of grilled seafood drifting lazily th

Last Updated : 2026-01-08

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