After a lot of back-and-forth, tears, arguments, and apologies, things finally settled.
Shintla and Adrian got married, and because they had nowhere else to go, they moved in with us.
It has been five months now.
Five long, exhausting months.
The worst part isn’t the noise or the crowded house…
It’s Lucian.
Every time I see him, a shadow of the other Lucian flashes in my mind.
The one who hurt me.
The one whose face haunts me whenever I close my eyes.
Lucian retired from my company not long after his parents’ marriage.
When I asked why, he simply said he had his reasons.
His eyes now meet mine without blinking and he will be smiling.
He started acting… strange.
Weired sometimes, bold other times.
Quiet, then suddenly staring at me too long.
Sometimes he even burst into my ro
