Ghosts In Glossy Gold

All these while, their presence had brought her nothing but headache and she did not wish to grant them such ease anymore.

Also, knowing her classmates, there was no doubt they would raise the issue of her marriage again and who knows what antics Cristal would pull.

The idea of confronting the past was a double-edged sword, offering the potential for closure yet threatening to disrupt the fragile equilibrium she had constructed.

In the midst of her musings, Kiera's thoughts returned to the project, however, the information on her laptop screen became a blur as her mind waged a battle between the present and the past.

The email invitation seemed to hang in the air no matter how much she tried to ignore it, becoming an intangible thread that connected her to a choice she had yet to make.

Even at that, she chose to ignore it no matter how it tugged at her subconscious.