By evening, the interview had already shifted something inside the house.Not dramatically.Not loudly.But enough that Ava noticed it everywhere.She felt lighter moving through the rooms. More awake somehow. Even Mrs. Holt commented during dinner preparation that she looked “less haunted,” which Ava chose to interpret as affection.Barely.Their daughter sat in her high chair making absolute war against mashed vegetables while Ava attempted to save both the child and the dining table from complete destruction.“You are losing,” Adrian observed calmly from across the table while reviewing something on his tablet.Ava glared at him immediately.“You are not helping.”“I am supervising.”“That is not parenting.”“It is executive observation.”Ava stared at him for two full seconds before muttering, “Now I understand why your employees look stressed.”Adrian actually laughed softly.Not the restrained almost-laugh from earlier.A real one.Brief, low, and genuine enough that Ava instinc
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