Chapter 1078

At that moment, Thaddeus caught sight of Evadne with Chad.

The scene before him—a woman laughing alongside a man-was achingly familiar. Once, moments like these had colored his own memories, back when his world wasn't just black and white.

He used to watch her like this, too. Used to see her bright laughter, her playful mischief.

But time had marched on. Now, someone else stood by her side, filling the space that once belonged to him.

He was the one who'd ended things. He'd been the one to tell her not to waste her time with him, that she deserved better, that she should find someone else.

And yet, watching his brother so obviously smitten with Evadne, seeing how easily she smiled in Chad's company, left a bitter taste on his tongue.

Thaddeus's fingers curled until the tendons strained beneath his skin.

It felt as if he were holding a bee in his mouth-its stinger pricking his tongue, the faint, numbing pain spreading quietly through his whole body.

didn't notice the first few icy snowflakes drifting down, brushing against the hard lines of

"Watch out, you two!"

heavy clump of snow tumbled from a trembling branch above, plummeting

drawing everyone's attention-Evadne's and Chad's

crash down, Alexia shrank away, instinctively pressing into the unmoving man beside

and leaned forward, shielding them both as the snow landed, drenching


point, it looked as if Thaddeus were holding Alexia, protecting her. The sight was intimate-too intimate-and it pierced through Evadne like a shard of

and ache welled up, stinging

broken and ruined as the snow chunk shattered on the ground-smeared, scattered, utterly

done it!" the teacher scolded, hustling over to the sheepish child. She turned quickly to Thaddeus and Alexia, apologizing profusely "I'm

made no move to brush

alright-kids will be kids. A little trouble now and then just means they're healthy," Alexia replied with a gentle,

was staring straight past her, his eyes fixed

her voice scratchy, her gaze flickering away as she blinked back tears. "There's something I need to

quickly offered, "Let me walk you out."

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