Chapter 96

• Lily sat at her desk, the soft hum of the office around her fading into a distant murmur. Her mind was a whirlwind of thoughts, each one sharper than the last. The memory of Lewis's cold demeanor at the funeral haunted her, a heavy weight pressing down on her chest. It felt as if he was deliberately ignoring her, perhaps even harboring resentment for how she had always pushed him away. The image of him standing alone, eyes filled with pain, replayed in her mind like a haunting melody.
• She couldn’t shake the memory of that day when he had seen her with Ethan, her ex-husband. The way Lewis’s face had fallen, the hurt evident in his eyes as Ethan leaned in to kiss her, was etched into her memory. Lily felt a fresh wave of guilt wash over her. She needed to explain, to tell Lewis that it was all in the past, that she had moved on. But how could she approach him? Would he even listen, or had she pushed him too far away?
• Just as she was drowning in her sea of guilt and unresolved feelings, the door to her office swung open, and Mia walked in, her energy a stark contrast to Lily's melancholy.