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The next morning, Sophia placed the consultation report beside Adrian's breakfast plate, and he looked at it before meeting her eyes.“You brought it back,” Adrian said.“I have one question.”Adrian reached for his coffee. “Only one?”“For now.”Sophia opened the report and tapped the follow up section. “Why was another assessment recommended?”Adrian's hand stopped near his cup, and after a brief pause, he looked down at the page.“I told you I wasn't ready.”“That explains why you cancelled it. It doesn't explain why it was scheduled.”Adrian pushed his chair back slightly. “Sophia, I don't want another argument.”“Neither do I. I want an answer.”“I needed time.”“You had time.”“I needed more.”Sophia closed the report and placed it beside his plate. “Fine.”Adrian looked surprised by how quickly she ended the conversation, but Sophia stood and carried the dishes toward the kitchen without giving him another opening.“You're not going to ask anything else?” Adrian called after he

Sophia followed Damien into the private library, still holding the referral note Adrian had tried to keep from her. The room was larger than she expected, with dark shelves lining the walls and a single desk positioned near the tall windows, but Damien did not invite her to sit until he had closed the door behind them.“You said Adrian was not looking for a doctor,” Sophia said, placing the note on the desk between them. “So what was he looking for?”Damien pulled out a chair and sat down, his expression remaining controlled as he glanced at the paper.“You already know more than Adrian wanted you to.”“That is not an answer.”“No,” Damien agreed. “It is a warning.”Sophia remained standing.“I did not come here for another warning.”Damien studied her for a moment before leaning back in his chair.“Adrian still wants children.”The answer landed harder than Sophia expected, although she refused to let her expression change.“I know he wants children.”“You know he used to want them,”

Adrian had promised Damien something, and Sophia was no longer willing to accept another half answer.She placed the reproductive assessment report on his desk and watched him glance at it before reaching for his glass of water. When he tried to turn toward his laptop, she slid the report into his path."What did you promise Damien?"Adrian set down his glass. "I promised I would respect his decision if he agreed to consider helping us.""That explains what you wanted from him, not what he wanted from you.""Sophia, it is complicated.""Then explain the complicated part."Adrian leaned back in his chair, rubbing his thumb along the edge of the desk. Sophia waited, but when he remained silent, she picked up the report and slipped it into her bag."I promised to stop interfering in his life," he finally said. "No more asking him to come home, attend family gatherings, or pretend everything between us could return to normal."Sophia paused beside the desk. "Why would he need that promise

Sophia placed her phone on Adrian’s desk, displaying the message she had sent him earlier, and waited until he finished reading it before breaking the uncomfortable silence.You left out what happened when Damien asked you to stand beside him.“Are you going to explain, or must I get the truth from your brother one piece at a time?” she asked.Adrian closed his laptop and rubbed his thumb along its edge. “Damien has always been good at making himself look like the victim.”“And you have always been good at changing the subject.”His eyebrows rose, but Sophia refused to back down because she had spent enough time accepting half answers, and she wasn't leaving his study without something more substantial.“Why did you promise to support him if you intended to change sides?” she asked.Adrian stood and crossed to the drinks cabinet, where he poured himself a glass of water before returning to his desk without answering. He took a sip, placed the glass beside his laptop, and finally looke

Sophia blocked Adrian's wheelchair before he could leave the dining room, holding up her phone so he could read the message that had arrived only seconds earlier. Ask Richard why your future was discussed before Adrian ever came home from the hospital. Adrian read it twice, then glanced toward the hallway as if someone might be listening, and the sudden tension in his face told Sophia that the message had struck closer to home than he wanted to admit."Who sent that?" Adrian asked."I was hoping you would tell me," Sophia replied, keeping the phone out of his reach.He extended his hand, but she slipped the phone into her pocket and pulled out a chair instead. "You have been avoiding my questions since yesterday, and now someone is claiming your father discussed my future while you were still in the hospital. I am done collecting clues about my own marriage, Adrian, so start telling me the truth."Adrian turned his wheelchair toward the table and parked beside it. "After I came home f