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Adrian’s POV
Lily was smiling when I came in.
It wasn’t a full, radiant smile. Just a small curve of her lips as she reached for her tea, sitting in the sunlit corner of the living room.
For a second, I let myself take her in. The way the light kissed her skin, the way her hair tumbled over her shoulders. She was softening with me. Relaxing into what we were becoming.
Everything was going exactly as it should. Until my eyes settled on him.
Daniel.
I froze for a fraction of a second before forcing my posture to stay loose and controlled.
He was sitting across from her, leaning forward slighy with his expression drawn tight with concern. I knew that look. The same f*****g look everyone gave her at Ethan’s funeral, the same look people still gave when they thought she wasn’t grievin
