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

Chapter 80

I never thought I'd see Pax again.

But fate, it seemed, had a cruel sense of humor.

Two years later, on another Christmas Eve, as Berlin slipped into wintertime, I found myself walking through streets dusted in the season's first snowfall. The golden glow of streetlamps flickered against frost-coated windows, the world outside hushed and serene.

Inside the lab, however, serenity was the last thing on our professor's mind.

"This one's going to be a handful," she muttered, rubbing her temples in exasperation.

Her frustration was so uncharacteristic that Erike and I exchanged amused glances.

"What's the problem, Professor?" Erike asked, barely suppressing a grin.

"A hard case," she sighed. "Connections. Family money. One of those. Can't be fired, hard to manage-what a headache."

Then, as if resigning herself to fate, she looked between the two of us.

"So? Which one of you is going to mentor him?"

A man, then.

I instinctively took a full step back.

"Erike you do it." I shook my head with mock solemnity.

"I'd hate for her to fall helplessly in love with me."

A voice came from behind me.

A voice I hadn't heard in two years.

"Cecilia."

I stilled.

thought

when I turned,

Pax Brown.

Standing in our lab.

he officially joined our

that followed he shattered

to turn off

he nearly melted an expensive sensor, I couldn't take

for the first time

just marry

Pax froze.

he just stared at

his eyes turned

breathed, voice raw. "Does

looked at me like he had been waiting for this moment

meant every word he'd said back

he had done as he

since severed ties with

never been the real problem,

grown up

spent his whole life by her side, buying her gifts. Picking her up

of night.

place, maybe I would have fallen for him

I shook my head.

asking me this question means you

fingers twitching at his sides-like he wanted to

Huaiyu stepped forward, casually positioning himself

Pax's breathing turned uneven.

His voice was barely