For the first time since marrying Sebastian Kingsley, I didn’t know if I had won… or made a mistake I couldn’t undo.SELENE The first thing I noticed wasn't the silence. It was the cold. My hand moved instinctively, searching for the warmth of Sebastian’s chest, but my fingers met nothing. Just the smooth, untouched surface of an empty pillow. My eyes snapped open. Morning light poured through the curtains, exposing every corner of the room. The space beside me was perfectly made, the duvet smoothed over as if he had never been there at all, as if the night before had been a cruel trick of my imagination. But the dull ache between my thighs refused to let me lie to myself. For a moment, I didn't move. I lay there, staring up at the ceiling, listening. Waiting for the sound of the shower or the clink of a coffee mug downstairs. Or maybe... just maybe footsteps. Anything. But the silence remained unbroken. And slowly, it began to close in
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