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56~ Upcoming change

Author: Ahsia Risan
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-31 19:03:09

Adriana’s POV

For the next week, I was on edge jumping at the sound of Rafael’s name or at the thought of him or at the mere whisper of his presence in the house. Every time footsteps echoed down the hall, I felt my breath hitch and my stomach clench m my pulse hammering like a guilty secret trying to escape.

But Rafael never called me to his room again. Not once. At first I told myself I was relieved. I convinced myself that it was better this way and that it meant I could breathe, that I wasn’t constantly caught in the pull of his presence and the gravity of his control.

But relief didn’t explain the hollow ache sitting deep in my chest and the way my body felt coiled tight with an anticipation that nevre found release. He was barely home. I would catch glimpses of him sometimes moving through the house like a shadow always dressed in sharep immaculate suits, always with his phone pressed to his ear and always speaking in clipped decisive tones.

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