Chapter 2382

In the original world, that version of Adam wasn't so different. He was still raised as the heir, shaped by expectations; still the one who worried over a younger brother chasing a dream of being a singer; still the one who had to shoulder the company, care for his siblings, and walk the long path from forced maturity to true adulthood. But there was one thing that set them apart—the original him met her. In that world, her name was Celeste Wright. Just like how she had once appeared so inexplicably in his life, she had shown up just as suddenly in that life. Only this time, she chased after the other him with unguarded warmth and fierce devotion. She never made the first move in the alternate world. But in that dream, the version of her who ran after his other self was radiant and unafraid. In watching her, he felt like he had seen the real her for the first time. At first, he didn't understand why things played out so differently, or why the woman who always avoided him in rea