Chapter 54: Doubts and Distance
The days after Tiania made the decision to join the humanitarian project unfolded with a strange, almost fragile energy. There was excitement in her every step, a fire in her voice whenever she spoke about what lay ahead. Meetings with Alina’s team filled her schedule, thick binders of reports and projections piled high on her desk. At night, she returned home with notes scribbled on the back of napkins or tucked hastily in her purse, ideas spilling out faster than she could contain them.
Henrick watched it all in silence at first. He had seen her like this before, she look alive, and full with ambition, chasing something bigger than herself. It was one of the things he loved most about her. And yet, in the quiet moments, when the house had settled into stillness and he was left alone with his thoughts, unease threaded through his chest like barbed wire.
