Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Don't Touch Me

The apartment, once cozy and filled with warmth, now stood in disarray, its charm completely stripped away, leaving only

chaos in its wake.

Linsey continued packing the remaining items into her suitcase, her movements deliberate, as if determined to erase every

trace of the life she had once built here.

Felix stood frozen for a moment, his eyes sweeping over the wreckage, disbelief etching his features before he stormed

toward her.

"Linsey, are you out of your mind?" he demanded, his voice rising with frustration. "I was gone for only a little while, and

you're acting like this?"

He inhaled sharply, trying to reign in his temper, and snapped, "I'm giving you one hour. Put everything back where it was!"

Linsey, unfazed, finished packing the item in her hands and slowly turned to face him. Her expression was cool, detached

-almost as if he were a stranger.

A faint, mocking smile tugged at her lips as she replied, "Felix, haven't you figured

it out? Sometimes, once something is

lost, it's gone forever. It can never be the same again."

Felix's frown deepened, impatience growing in his eyes. "What the hell are you trying to say?"

Linsey couldn't help but feel the audacity in his words. Did he truly not understand? Perhaps men like him never saw themselves as in the wrong.

No. It wasn't that. His tenderness had always been reserved for one person- Joanna, the woman he had truly loved.

Linsey's gaze was unwavering as she stared him down, her voice steady, yet every word seemed to carry the weight of everything she had been through.

dignity and my pleas. Do you have any idea how that felt? Felix, did you ever once stop to think about

locked onto his, the pain she had buried deep inside flooding to the surface, her vision blurring as tears welled

felt a fleeting pang of guilt, but it disappeared as quickly as it came. He dismissed it entirely, just as he had done countless

her time and time again, and she had always forgiven him. He didn't see why this time should be

cave, just like she

replaced by a composed, almost smug

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Don't

upset," he began, his voice smooth and patronizing. "But you shouldn't act out like

what you've done to our

smile softened, and he reached out to place his hands gently on

touch feigning tenderness as he

to calm her down.

Let's not make a scene anymore,

you an even grander, more luxurious wedding. What do you

eyes locked onto the smile playing on Felix's lips. His words were sweet, but his eyes-those eyes-betrayed a chilling indifference. He seemed so certain that she would fall

course, why wouldn't he think that? This was the way things

scoff. She had given him far too many chances, and now he

her with any

detached, and without a word,

more than a

my skin crawl," she said

his eyes widening in shock. He had never heard her

the tension in the room

another one. I

frowned in confusion,

resolute. "Yes.

just heard the most absurd joke. "And where

too well that Linsey had no family to turn to,

nowhere else.

been centered around him. He was certain

certain that this whole "moving out" act was nothing more than her way of

opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off by a voice from

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