Chapter 61

"What are you watching?"

Pax slipped his arms around me from behind, his breath warm against my skin. A featherlight kiss landed on my earlobe, sending a shiver down my spine.

His gaze shifted to my phone screen.

For a long moment, he said nothing. Then, with a low chuckle, he reached up and covered my eyes. "Don't watch that... it's embarrassing."

The video kept playing.

On the screen, Pax was in a ballet dress, balancing on tiptoes, spinning in wobbly circles. His movements were clumsy, awkward. But his expression-so focused, so serious—made my chest tighten.

My throat felt dry.

"Was it worth it?" I asked softly.

He had gone this far—putting on a dress, performing ballet, throwing away his pride-all to earn enough to buy me a measly $10 apple cake.

Was it really worth it?

"Of course it was."

He answered without hesitation, his voice lazy, as if it was the easiest thing in the world.

"This is nothing."

"When I make real money one day, I'll buy you designer bags. The kind that cost a hundred grand."

if something

face, there was still only a

rundown apartment

bed

A hundred grand.

sounded like a figure from another world, impossibly out

had heard it

had been there

a tangled mess of cheap synthetic white hair. The glue used to stick it on must have been low-quality-I felt an

look at me and

was when I passed by a room with

I heard his

over it. Never in my life have I lived in a place that shitty," Pax said casually. His tone was light, unfamiliar-nothing like

right downstairs. If you don't close the window, the whole room reeks of rotting

through the room. Someone chimed in, voice full of

out, huh? Dressing up like that was a bold

tonight, she'll probably be

if she'd ever find out that when Nina had her birthday, you bought her a $100,000 designer bag without

Laughter erupted again.

"$100,000."

number rang in my

"So, Pax, how long are you planning to keep up this poor-boy

out you've been fooling around with some

hell. You better hope she doesn't get

out a lazy chuckle. "What's there to worry

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