The Sin of His Obsession
She was a woman who had lived a life of color and emotion, but in Isabel's perfectly curated world, she felt like a ghost.
Aiden, consumed by the puzzle, was emotionally distant. Hindi alam ni Chloe kung tungkol pa ba sa nagngangalang "M" ung kaba niya, or tungkol na ito sa iba. His mind was a battlefield of codes and frequencies, leaving little room for anything else. He hadn't noticed the subtle shift in Chloe's demeanor, the way her smiles no longer reached her eyes. He was focused on the riddle from the music box: "The first note is E," "a minor key," and the laptop's taunt to "look in the mirror." He had hit a wall, his logical mind unable to make a connection.