Hailey's POV The silence filled the room immediately Tyler entered the lounge.It seeped into the restaurant like a living thing, draining sound in its wake. Cutlery paused mid-air, conversations faltered, then died altogether. Even the low hum of music from hidden speakers seemed to recede, as if the room itself sensed an intrusion and instinctively pulled back.I felt it before I saw him.A disturbance in the air.A wrongness.Then Tyler stumbled into view.He moved like a man whose body no longer obeyed him properly—steps uneven, shoulders pitched forward, balance just slightly off. His suit hung loose on his frame, wrinkled and dulled, the fabric smelling faintly of sweat and alcohol even from several feet away. His tie was undone, shoved into a pocket like an afterthought. His hair clung damply to his forehead, strands plastered there as though he’d been running—or spiraling—for hours.This was not the man I had married or once loved.This was what remained of him.I didn’t eve
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