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.

moment, I thought I had

I turned, there

Pax Brown.

Standing in our lab.

officially joined our

weeks that followed he

off the equipment fifteen

the time he nearly melted an expensive sensor, I

him and, for the first time in two

should just marry a

Pax froze.

second, he just stared at

his eyes turned

breathed, voice raw. "Does this mean

he had been waiting

he had meant every word he'd

he had done

had long since

been the

grown up

her side,

of night.

in her place, maybe

I shook my head.

fact that you're even asking me this question means

at his sides-like he wanted

stepped forward, casually

Pax's breathing turned uneven.

voice was barely above a whisper. "You're