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.

felt? Felix, did you ever once stop to think about me? I was humiliated beyond measure, and yet you think

she had buried deep inside flooding to the surface, her vision blurring as tears welled up. She didn't look away, her resolve as firm

a fleeting pang of guilt, but it disappeared as quickly as

had always forgiven him. He didn't

charm, she would cave, just like she always had. After all, that was how things had

dissipated, replaced by a composed, almost smug

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

at what you've

smile softened, and he reached out to place

feigning tenderness as

to calm her down.

make a scene anymore, okay?

day, and I promise I'll give you an even

His words were sweet, but his eyes-those eyes-betrayed a chilling indifference. He

that? This was the way things had

quiet, bitter scoff. She had given him far too many chances, and now he was convinced that he didn't

with

and without a word, she shrugged

more

touch me. You make my skin crawl," she said

He had never heard her speak to

the tension in the room as she continued, "Felix, that wedding

of having another one. I came here today to

rejection, frowned in confusion, his mind struggling

nodded, her face resolute.

laugh, as if he had just heard the

Linsey had no family to turn to, no safety net to catch her. Apart from this apartment,

nowhere else.

past five years, her entire world had been centered around him. He was certain she couldn't

act was nothing more than her way of trying to make him bend

his head in disbelief, he opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off by a voice

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