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.

tangled with something heavier- something I didn't want

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

hand lightly, pulling her back, offering a

just like that, the moment

this time thinner, more

me

But I was exhausted.

wait until we get back from Norway," I said, my voice careful, steady. He hesitated, lingering at my doorstep as

have dinner with

refuse, but he cut me off before I could

me, yell at me, do whatever

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

this. Don't

then, really looked at

slight dishevelment in

his eyes, the

shoulders slumped just a little, as if carrying something heavier

fingers tighter, nails digging

Pain.

ache

Two years.

years of real,

I had loved him.

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