Adelaide's POV:I stepped into the quiet café Andrea had chosen, the bell above the door jingling softly. The place was almost empty — just a few scattered patrons nursing late-morning coffees. My eyes scanned the room until they landed on her at a corner table by the window.I froze.Andrea looked… broken. Her face was pale, almost ghostly under the soft lighting, and her eyes were red-rimmed and swollen, like she had been crying for hours. The perfect, composed twin I had always known was nowhere to be seen. This version of her looked fragile, like one wrong word could make her shatter.My heart clenched. I rushed over without thinking and pulled her into a quick, tight hug. She stiffened for half a second, then melted into it, her arms wrapping around me like she needed the contact as much as I did.“Addie,” she whispered, voice thick. She pulled back first, forcing a small, shaky smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “Sit down. Please.”I slid into the chair across from her, my own
Last Updated : 2026-09-11
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