POV: ADELINE - The Breaking Point

ADELINE

"To give him his own invitation. Maybe he can bring his actual girlfriend as a plus-one."

The words don't just fall into the quiet space of my bakery; they crash like lead weights, shattering the fragile illusion I had spent the last few minutes desperately trying to construct. The air in my lungs turns to ice. The tightness in my chest, a dull ache that has been lingering there since Br