There was no celebration.No champagne popping because the villain had been caught, not a single Romano standing in the foyer looking satisfied like they’d just won a hostile takeover, and thankfully no speech about the family finally coming together because I probably would’ve thrown a vase.The house just started breathing again.Slowly.Strangely.Poppy didn’t ask about Adrian.That was what worried me at first.She just went back to being Poppy.That afternoon, she ran from the living room to the garden three times because she forgot Bunny, then ran back again because Bunny was apparently already in her hand. She crashed into Papa Sebastian’s legs twice, once hard enough that the man who had once silenced an entire Romano Empire boardroom with a single look nearly lost his balance.“Piccola.”“Sorry, Grandpa.”Two minutes later, she ran into him again.Papa Sebastian looked up at the ceiling.“I’m beginning to think this is intentional.”Poppy hugged his knee. “I love you.”Papa S
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