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.

trying to gauge where I stood, trying to read the emotions I was

you trust me

everything. I

I stayed quiet.

he was resisting the urge to reach

a moment, he sighed, his voice softening. "I booked a

A pause.

him off

"Sure."

slightly, almost imperceptibly. Like he hadn't expected me to agree so

shoulders loosened, the quiet breath

his mind, this

was me forgiving

was things going back to the

upstairs," he said, like he had

I didn't protest.

the

Pax said casually, his voice

to stay in this cramped place anymore-you know

for my sleeve, tugging it lightly, his touch gentle, almost pleading. "What's

words would have been the sweetest thing I had

only made

entire day had

way he hadn't noticed the

decided it