Sofia had been staring at the same paragraph on her report for almost twenty minutes. The words were there, printed clean and precise on the page, but her eyes refused to absorb them. Her mind was somewhere else. Somewhere distant. Somewhere full of questions that had no good answers.
She blinked. Once. Twice. Her hand trembled slightly as she reached for her pen, only to drop it moments later. It clattered softly against the surface of her desk. The sound, though quiet, felt thunderous in the silence of her office.
She wasn't the victim here.
She repeated that truth like a mantra in her mind.
She had always known this marriage was temporary. A name on paper. A business merger sealed with a ring. Adam hadn't promised her forever.
But then... why did it feel like someone had reached into her chest and ripped out her heart?
She flinched when she heard the soft knock on her office door.
"Come in," she said faintly, without looking up.
And when she did—her breath caught.
