Entangled Affair
To the ghost of her.
And then, one night, he opened her sketchbook.
Inside were pages of him—not as the world saw him, but as she saw him. Gentle, unguarded. Sleeping. Laughing. Staring out at the city like he was lost in thought. Looking at her like she was everything.
He flipped page after page until emotion crashed over him, too heavy to hold back.
And for the first time in years, Damien Sterling wept.
In Paris, Ava stood silently at her exhibition, gazing at a painting she hadn’t meant to display.