The next morning, Selena woke to the sound of her husband moving around the bedroom, already dressed, already late.“I’ve got meetings all day,” he said, fastening his watch. “Board calls, investor lunches… I might not be home tonight.”Selena adjusted the cuff of his shirt for him, fingers light and practiced. “I’ll have dinner ready anyway.”He smiled, satisfied by the answer. “You’re finally not asking questions.”“I trust you,” she replied.That single sentence did more than a thousand reassurances ever could.Trust, she had learned, made people careless.By noon, her phone began to ring.“Mrs. Hale,” his assistant said hesitantly, “your husband asked me to forward the revised contracts to you for review. He said you’d… handle it.”Selena paused just long enough to sound surprised. “Of course. Send everything.”She hung up and smiled.In her previous life, this would have terrified her. Responsibility had always felt like pressure—something she wasn’t prepared for, something she m
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