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

Chapter 73

A silence stretched between us, long and heavy, thick with things unsaid.

Pax finally broke it, his voice quieter now, subdued in a way that made me wonder

if he already knew how this conversation would end.

"I didn't know she texted you."

I didn't react.

The screen in front of me was empty now-the messages erased, wiped clean, as if they had never existed.

But the password?

That was a different story.

Once, it had been my birthday.

Now, it was hers.

I watched as Pax exhaled sharply, rubbing his temple like this entire situation was nothing more than an inconvenience, an annoyance he needed to handle before moving on.

Without hesitation, he changed it back to my birthday.

"This is ridiculous," he muttered, more to himself than to me. "I'll talk to her. This won't happen again."

His tone was steady, assured, as if this was something that could be resolved with a simple conversation.

me. His gaze was searching, careful, trying to gauge where I stood, trying to read the emotions I was no longer willing

can you trust me one more

handle everything. I

I stayed quiet.

was resisting the

"I booked a

A pause.

smiled, cutting him off before

"Sure."

imperceptibly. Like he hadn't expected me to

loosened, the quiet

his mind, this was

me forgiving

back to the

walk you upstairs," he said, like he had done

I didn't protest.

side by side, though the space between us felt wider than

just transfer the lease," Pax said casually,

need to stay in this cramped place anymore-you know I have

tugging it lightly, his touch gentle, almost pleading. "What's mine is yours,

a time when those words would have been the sweetest thing I had ever

they only made my skin

day

way-no way he

decided it