After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

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."

saying that, as if something

a fist. But on my face, there was

apartment in the heart of the

room was so small that once the bed was in, there was barely

A hundred grand.

like a figure from another

today-I had heard it

didn't know that I had been there that

clumsy, oversized Santa Claus suit, my face hidden beneath a tangled mess of cheap synthetic white hair. The glue used to stick it on must have been low-quality-I felt an itch creeping

and told me to head backstage to clean

I passed by a room

I heard his

I'm kind of over it. Never in my life have I lived in a place that shitty," Pax said casually. His tone was light, unfamiliar-nothing like the man I thought I

close the window, the whole room reeks

rippled through the room. Someone chimed

huh? Dressing up like

be completely

find out that when Nina had her birthday, you bought her

Laughter erupted again.

"$100,000."

in my

are you planning to keep up this poor-boy

out you've been fooling around with some random girl,

hell. You better hope

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