Chapter 1

Chapter 1

“What are you watching?”

Pax slipped his arms around me from behind, his breath warm against my skin. A featherlight kiss landed on my earlobe, sending a shiver down my spine.

His gaze shifted to my phone screen.

For a long moment, he said nothing. Then, with a low chuckle, he reached up and covered my eyes. “Don’t watch that… it’s embarrassing.”

The video kept playing.

On the screen, Pax was in a ballet dress, balancing on tiptoes, spinning in wobbly circles. His movements were clumsy, awkward. But his expression–so focused, so serious–made my chest tighten.

My throat felt dry.

“Was it worth it?” I asked softly.

He had gone this far–putting on a dress, performing ballet, throwing away his pride–all to earn enough to buy me a measly $10 apple cake.

Was it really worth it?

“Of course it was.”

He answered without hesitation, his voice lazy, as if it was the easiest thing in the world.

“This is nothing.”

“When I make real money one day, I’ll buy you designer bags. The kind that cost a hundred grand.”

paused after saying that, as if something

clenched my fingers into a fist. But on my face,

“Alright,” I said.

a cramped, rundown apartment in the heart

was in, there was barely space for anything

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A hundred grand.

sounded like a figure from another world, impossibly out

yet, today–I had

been there that night, watching his

face hidden beneath a tangled mess of cheap synthetic white hair. The glue used to stick it on must

look at me and told me to head backstage to clean up.

by a room with its door left slightly

I heard

a place that shitty,” Pax said casually.

right downstairs. If you don’t close the window, the whole room

chimed in, voice full

Dressing up

tonight, she’ll probably be completely

Nina had her birthday, you bought

Laughter erupted again.

“$100,000.”

in my

snorted. “So, Pax, how long are you planning to keep

days. If she finds out you’ve been fooling

You

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