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.

his thoughts, he didn't notice the first few icy snowflakes drifting

"Watch out, you two!"

tumbled from a trembling branch above, plummeting straight

Alexia, drawing everyone's

snow threatened to crash down, Alexia shrank away, instinctively pressing into the unmoving

second, Thaddeus ducked his head and leaned forward, shielding


Alexia, protecting her. The sight was intimate-too intimate-and it pierced through Evadne like a shard

stinging her reddened

as the snow chunk shattered on the

How many times did I tell you, don't shake the tree! Now you've done it!" the teacher scolded, hustling over to the sheepish child. She turned quickly to Thaddeus and

handsome features set in stone. He made no move to brush the snow from his dark

now and then just means they're healthy," Alexia replied with a gentle, forgiving smile. She glanced up

staring straight past her, his eyes fixed

Chad, excuse me," Evadne said, her voice scratchy, her gaze flickering away as she blinked

her face and quickly offered, "Let me

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