Chapter 75

The hallway was dim, narrow, and heavy with the scent of rain. Faint droplets

tapped against the windows, the muffled hum of water slipping through cracks in the pavement outside filling the silence between us.

I froze.

For a brief, breathless moment, I thought this was it.

The moment the truth would slip out.

That Pax would finally piece everything together.

That my plans to leave would be dragged into the open, no longer something I

could quietly pack away with the rest of my belongings.

But instead-

He smiled.

"Of course we are."

His certainty was effortless, unwavering.

He thought she was talking about Norway.

me, but it came tangled with something heavier- something I didn't want to

parted her lips, as if she wanted to say more,

pulling her back, offering a quick, polite farewell before leading her

just like that, the

this time

me to

But I was exhausted.

Norway," I said, my voice careful, steady. He hesitated, lingering at my doorstep as if searching for

least have dinner

mouth to refuse, but he cut me off before

angry, hit me, yell at

rough at the edges, like he wasn't used to speaking this

like this. Don't

looked at him then, really

in

exhaustion beneath his eyes, the kind that lingered

slumped just a little, as if carrying something heavier than he knew how to

fingers tighter, nails

Pain.

an ache lodged deep beneath my

Two years.

years of real, honest

I had loved him.

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