Chapter 59 - Chapter 59 – Conflicted Hearts

The moment Caro stepped into Peter's office, she felt it immediately, not in the room itself but in him. It was the same space, the same desk, the same quiet order he always kept, but the version of Peter sitting behind it felt distant in a way that made her chest tighten without explanation. He didn't look up when she entered. Instead, his eyes remained on the file in front of him as if she had already been reduced to something he would address later. "Close the door," he said calmly, without looking at her. Caro obeyed, but her fingers trembled slightly as the sound of the door shutting seemed to cut her off from everything else.