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The kettle clicked off.

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The soft asterisk clacked the only sound breaking

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the morning stillness.

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Maya wrapped her hands around the warm ceramic

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mug and walked barefoot across the polished

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concrete floor, heading toward the heart of her

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home.

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Sunlight was pouring through the expansive floor -to

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-ceiling windows, casting long, geometric

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shadows across the vast open space.

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The room breathed in the quiet of the

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morning, dressed in calming shades of cream, beige,

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and warm gray.

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Everything had its place, curated down to the

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absolute essentials.

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A low -profile oak sofa anchored the seating

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area, facing a sleek coffee table where a

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single, unread book waited.

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In the corner, a towering fiddle -leaf fig

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stretched its glossy green leaves toward the

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light, thriving in the gentle warmth.

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Maya sank onto the wooden furniture, feeling the

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tension of the past week finally drain

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from her shoulders.

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Here, amidst the clean lines and clutter -free

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air, her mind felt just as uncluttered.

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She took a slow sip of her tea,

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watching a stray dust mote dance lazily in

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a beam of

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sunlight.

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The world outside could rush all it wanted.

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Inside this sanctuary of modern design, time simply

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paused.