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.

looked at me-really looked at me. His gaze was searching, careful, trying to gauge where I stood, trying to read the

can you trust me one more

handle everything.

I stayed quiet.

fingers twitched slightly, like he was resisting

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

A pause.

cutting him

"Sure."

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

way his shoulders loosened, the quiet

in his mind, this was

me forgiving

going back to the way they

walk you upstairs," he said, like he had done a hundred times

I didn't protest.

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

the lease," Pax said casually, his voice

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

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

words would have been the sweetest thing I had ever

made my

day

way he hadn't

it wasn't important