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The other woman was ME

Chapter 3 Storms and Stillness

Word Count: 1114    |    Released on: 29/05/2025

TER

and S

n sea. The horizon had disappeared beneath a shroud of clouds, the waves more violent than graceful to

ed, and the antique chandeliers seemed to dim beneath the weight of the sky. Mia could feel it

lutter of recognition already forming where there had once been only do

rrifi

ts, the restrictions on caffeine and stress. But what she hadn't expected was the emotional terrain. The aching awareness of inhab

was a

ed, her voice softe

the top button of his shirt undone just enough to reveal that he wa

h a careful nod. "

She looked out aga

This place always feels

You've stayed

reach his eyes. "Damian and I used to come here during un

felt it-a hint of a pas

aw's coming by today for your fir

Damian migh

"He would, normally. But

to let the disappoint

voice. "For what it's worth... you'

"I haven't do

... fragile. And Damian? He's built walls so high he doesn't remembe

ng to make anyone do anything. She just wanted to ge

y by ten," sh

d and turne

he paused. "Be

h wh

," he said. And

-

That M

hed, her suits elegant but not attention-seeking. She wore pearls witho

aid, staring at the scan with practiced

her stomach already forgotten as she stared at the

e it

i

ined. No

caught. "

ned just a fraction.

the handbook of emotional detachment was do not attach. But she had just heard a

ents clinical. "I'll send the res

"Can I...

paused. "If

d

-

en

the top buttons undone like he'd fought something all day-himself, perhap

the appointme

anced up. "Lu

thank you.

" she added, uns

a moment, something soften

hat. "Because of

nside. "Because

does it me

hat I might finally have something m

ked. "Th

fut

e fell

her. He looked down at her sketchpad. The cha

world differe

Or maybe you've ju

don't talk like someon

someone who's suppos

t. Not romantic. Not yet. But intimate

inally. "Elena want

od. "Of

-

nn

r was twisted into something elegant, her makeup soft but precise. She looked eve

ite asparagus, silence filling the

lly sit together,"

ied, then, "The

flicker. "I'm glad. Damian and I

wasn't meant to speak from the he

today," she said softly

ression didn't change, but something be

throat. "We're gr

g what I promi

aid it, her own v

de, she already knew: this

ng between them all-silent,

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1 Chapter 1 The Villa at the edge of silence2 Chapter 2 The Woman in the Mirror3 Chapter 3 Storms and Stillness4 Chapter 4 The woman in the Glass5 Chapter 5 Echoes in the Garden6 Chapter 6 The Quiet Before the Unraveling7 Chapter 7 The Hollowing Out8 Chapter 8 When Morning Comes9 Chapter 9 The Space Between10 Chapter 10 The House We Build11 Chapter 11 The Promise We Make12 Chapter 12 The Quiet After13 Chapter 13 The World We Make14 Chapter 14 The Quiet Before the Bloom15 Chapter 15 The Noise After the Bloom16 Chapter 16 The Names We Grow Into17 Chapter 17 The World We Bring Her Into18 Chapter 18 The Letter That Shouldn't Exist19 Chapter 19 The Visitir with No Ghost20 Chapter 20 The First Sentence21 Chapter 21 The First Draft and the First Fire22 Chapter 22 Where the Silence Begins to Speak23 Chapter 23 The Words We Can't Erase24 Chapter 24 What the Wind Brought Back25 Chapter 25 The Ghost We Choose to Keep26 Chapter 26 An Aftermath27 Chapter 27 The Shpae of What Comes After28 Chapter 28 The Woman in the Mirror29 Chapter 29 The Unexpected Love Letter30 Chapter 30 The Fire We Build31 Chapter 31 The Unwritten Rule32 Chapter 32 Ashes Don't Lie33 Chapter 33 The Woman at The Door34 Chapter 34 The Woman in the Photograph35 Chapter 35 What We Fight For36 Chapter 36 The Weight of Two Hearts37 Chapter 37 In The Eyes of The Law38 Chapter 38 The Weight of Her Name39 Chapter 39 What Love Doesn't40 Chapter 40 The Custody of Fire41 Chapter 41 The Custody of Fire (continued)42 Chapter 42 The Smoke Between Us43 Chapter 43 The Weight of Her Name44 Chapter 44 Bastards and Bookshelves45 Chapter 45 Inheritance of Silence46 Chapter 46 The Last Word47 Chapter 47 Some Letters Find You48 Chapter 48 The House We Inherit49 Chapter 49 A Name Remember50 Chapter 50 The Shape of Returning51 Chapter 51 What the Wind Remembered52 Chapter 52 The Daughter's Version53 Chapter 53 Where the Roads Fork Gently54 Chapter 54 The Reckoning of the Unchosen55 Chapter 55 The Thread Between Us(1)56 Chapter 56 The Thread Between Us(2)57 Chapter 57 What We Keep Burning58 Chapter 58 The Confronting Hour59 Chapter 59 The Next Step60 Chapter 60 The Launch61 Chapter 61 What We Keep62 Chapter 62 What the Silence Breaks63 Chapter 63 The Book That Wasn't About Her64 Chapter 64 The Quiet Crown65 Chapter 65 The Thread We Mend66 Chapter 66 Faultiness67 Chapter 67 The Story They Tried to Steal68 Chapter 68 What We Still Carry69 Chapter 69 The Language Between Us70 Chapter 70 What the Pages Remember71 Chapter 71 The Things We Dare To Keep72 Chapter 72 Where the Silence Used to Be73 Chapter 73 Where the Ink Begins Again74 Chapter 74 The Archive We Built75 Chapter 75 The Quiet Between Pages76 Chapter 76 When the Wind Stopped Asking77 Chapter 77 What We Chose to Keep78 Chapter 78 The Archive We Leave Behind79 Chapter 79 What the Wind Forgot to Take80 Chapter 80 The Garden of Soundless Things81 Chapter 81 Where the Light Waited82 Chapter 82 The Man Who Left The Frame83 Chapter 83 The Studio With the Red Door84 Chapter 84 The Panel Invitation85 Chapter 85 A Door She Didn't Knock On