|• AARONI sank into the leather chair, glass of wine in hand, legs crossed, but I wasn’t tasting the wine. My eyes were glued to the screen. Delores. Watching her speak, watching her move, the way she smiled—it hurt in ways I hadn’t expected. Not because I hadn’t seen her before, but because I’d been trying for months to win her back, and still, there were parts of her that I couldn’t reach.She talked first about her career, her comeback, how she became the face of Belle Skincare, how modeling had put her back in the spotlight. I nodded slowly to myself, taking in every word, every inflection, every pause. She was calm, composed, confident but even through the polish, I could see her truth.And then came the question I knew would come, the one I had been dreading: Why did she go on hiatus immediately after we married?I felt the tightness in my chest grow, but I stayed seated, listening. Her answer came in that soft, deliberate voice I loved, a voice that could still make me feel t
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