CHAPTER THIRTY
The cool night air hit Olivia like a wave as she stepped outside, Daniel just a few paces behind her. The charity event had been a whirlwind of forced smiles and hollow conversation, but now, under the quiet canopy of stars, there was nothing left to hide behind. The silence between them was thick, almost unbearable. Neither of them knew where to start. Olivia wrapped her arms around herself, partly from the cold, partly from the weight of what was coming. She could feel Daniel’s presence behind her, solid and unwavering, like the ground beneath her feet. This wasn’t the man she had married, not the man she had fallen in love with. And yet, in this moment, he was still the one person who knew her better than anyone else. “I never wanted this,” Olivia said, her voice barely above a whispe
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