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Chapter 122 - While She Was Away...

Emerald stood in the doorway, her breath quickening and her hands shaking slightly by her sides as she focused her eyes on Adrien.

He looked… perfect. Too perfect.

Dressed in a black formal tuxedo with bright orange trim that matched the colours of his house, his jaw freshly shaved and his dark hair styled neatly back, he could have been stepping straight out of a magazine cover. 

The tailor hovered near him, adjusting the sleeve of his wrist with meticulous care, but Adrien's focus was on the mirror before him.

It didn't look like a simple fitting. 

It looked like a wedding.

"What," Emerald said in a sharp, brittle voice that cracked in the middle, "is going on?"

The tailor froze instantly, as if sensing a storm that didn't belong to him. Adrien turned to face her, and the moment their eyes met, the room went unnervingly quiet.

"Leave us," Adrien said softly, not taking his gaze off her.

The tailor gave a quick nod, practically bowing his way out of the room.

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