Third person POV
The realization didn't hit Milly all at once.
It crept in slowly—like a draft through a cracked window—quiet, cold, and undeniable.
She was standing in her apartment, two weeks after Milan, watching a documentary on female-led innovations in medicine. Her wine had gone untouched, and her silk robe hung loosely on her shoulders, barely held together by the belt cinched at her waist. The narrator spoke in crisp, reverent tones about a groundbreaking new research facility in London—Aurora Labs—founded by Dr. Lily Martinez and funded in part by tech entrepreneur Daniel Park.
