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Chapter 222

Author: Dchenemi
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AMELIA

Days passed faster after that conversation with Roman, each hour weighted with unspoken words and promises hanging in the air.

His vow to tell me everything in a week's time echoed in my thoughts, competing with the endless questions that plagued my mind. Jessica had been there to witness it all—his promise, my demands, the tentative peace we'd reached. But peace felt hollow when built on secrets.

It took me days to finally accept that Roman and I had drifted apart because of these secrets, because of his constant ‘protection’. I was grateful, I really was…but then it also left me feeling useless.

After spending so long telling myself I was born longer that weak, docile woman…here I was being molded into one again.

I found myself in the kitchen that morning, methodically preparing dinner with ingredients I'd personally selected from the store. Every vegetable I chopped, every spice I measured, had been chosen by my own hands. The ritual of cooking had become both a comfort a
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