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.

but it came tangled with something heavier- something

wanted to say more, but her

grabbed her hand lightly, pulling her back, offering a quick, polite farewell before leading her

like that,

again, this time thinner,

for me to move into

But I was exhausted.

careful, steady. He hesitated, lingering at my doorstep as if searching for a reason to stay. Then, as if conceding to an

at least have dinner

but he cut me off before

you're still angry, hit me, yell at me, do whatever you

was quieter now, rough at the edges, like he wasn't used to speaking this way-like he

don't be like this.

then, really looked at

dishevelment in

his eyes, the kind that

little, as if carrying something heavier than

clenched my fingers tighter, nails digging

Pain.

relentless, an ache lodged

Two years.

of

I had loved him.

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