Adrian’s POV I had just gotten back from the hospital when James pulled me aside quietly. “Sir, ma’am isn’t home,” he said, “she wasn’t here when I arrived, and I don’t have her number to reach her.” I looked at him, “What do you mean she isn’t home, since when?” “I’m not sure, sir; the maids said she left last night.” Last night. I stood there and let that sit for a second. She had been gone since last night, and nobody in this house had thought to mention it to me. I had spent the entire day trapped at that hospital with Jessica crying and accusing and refusing to let me leave, and all that time, Mira had been somewhere out there, and I hadn’t even known she was gone. I was heading toward her room to check for myself when the front door opened, and she walked in. I saw the disappointment immediately, she tried to cover it quickly, and she almost managed it. But it was there, carefully tucked behind the small, polite smile she arranged on her face the moment our eyes met. She
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