Layla pouted, tugging insistently on Adrian's arm as she leaned into him. "I want that too! For my birthday, I want a massive party just like this. And I want those exact fireworks—the ones that burst into giant clouds of pink, purple, and gold, like a rain of sparkles."
Adrian, however, stood entirely unresponsive.
He looked completely checked out, as if his soul had vacated his body, leaving him deaf to her voice.
"Adrian?"
Layla crossed her arms, her irritation flaring. "Are you thinking about Evelyn again? Because if you are, I'm leaving right now!"
Adrian blinked hard, violently jolted back to reality as if pulled from the depths of the ocean. "What? No. I was just thinking about work. You know how much of a mess my accounts have been lately—it's driving me crazy."
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