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

Chapter 74

Chapter 74

"Huh?"

The girl's gaze flickered toward Pax, her brows knitting together in momentary confusion.

"Wait... isn't this Your husband?"

Pax's lips quirked up slightly, amusement flickering in his dark eyes.

The title-husband-seemed to entertain him, as if he had already claimed his

place beside me, as if none of the past days had unraveled us at all.

But then, realization dawned, and his attention shifted to me. His expression turned questioning, waiting for an explanation.

"Who are they?"

The girl, oblivious to the tension that had suddenly thickened the air, smiled brightly.

"Oh! Your girlfriend is renting the apartment to us!" she said cheerfully, her voice carrying an innocence that twisted something inside my chest. "I figured she was cleaning up all on her own, so we thought we'd drop by and help."

She lifted the bags in her hands—cleaning supplies, neatly packed, a gesture of goodwill.

A small kindness. A harmless act.

"Renting it out?"

The lightness in Pax's features vanished in an instant. His brows drew together, his body tensing beside me.

"Cecilia... you're moving?"

voice was sharper now, laced with

didn't you

"Where are you going?"

questions came rapid-fire, one after another, pressing, demanding, like he could pull the answers from me before I had

Realizing she had said too much, she shot me an uncertain glance, her fingers tightening

I— I didn't mean

quiet and

"It's fine."

even. "I

soften. If anything, a flicker of unease crossed his features, his dark eyes searching mine for something—an

I lowered my lashes.

Two more days.

didn't want

want to get caught in another cycle of conversations that wouldn't change a

exhaled slowly and said,

didn't make sense for me to stay here

second, Pax

in his posture eased. His shoulders relaxed

Relief.

mind, that was

trying to erase the

natural step

sense," he murmured, nodding as if this version of events fit neatly into the

point in

my head. "No need. I

as if he wanted to argue, but I didn't give

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