I drifted into the cold room in my mind, where thoughts echoed and nothing felt real.

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Lily’s POV

Martin's car disappeared into the distance, the growl of the engine fading like a ghost into the wind. I stood there on the roadside, stunned-hollowed out.

His behavior had been…different. Too different. The way his eyes lingered, the softness in his voice, none of it matched the Martin I thought I knew. Had I imagined it? Was he looking through me, not at me?

Maybe it wasn't affection at all, just tolerance, now that I was married to his best friend.

Still, I couldn't shake the memory of his gaze. It...