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 to

if she wanted to say more, but her

her hand lightly, pulling her back, offering

that, the moment

stretched again, this time thinner,

had originally planned for me to move into his place

But I was exhausted.

lingering at my doorstep as if searching for a reason to stay.

have dinner with

mouth to refuse, but he cut me off before I could

still angry, hit me, yell at

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

don't be like this.

him then, really looked

dishevelment in

the kind that lingered

slumped just a little, as if carrying something heavier

tighter, nails digging into

Pain.

an ache lodged

Two years.

of

I had loved him.

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