Storms within
The first heavy snow of the week fell relentlessly, draping the city in white. Streetlights glimmered through thick flakes, casting an ethereal glow across sidewalks, rooftops, and parked cars. Inside Liam’s apartment, the cozy warmth was a stark contrast to the storm outside. But even as the snow piled up, Emma and Liam sensed that life had begun testing the fragile balance they had worked so hard to restore. Emma’s phone vibrated incessantly on the table. Notifications and emails from her overseas project demanded attention, pulling her away from the rare quiet she had finally begun to savor with Liam. She sighed, glancing at the screen, then back at him. “I feel like I’m always being pulled somewhere else,” she murmured. “Even now, I can’t seem to escape work.” Liam watched her caref
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