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.”

that, as if something had just occurred to

my fingers into a fist. But on my face,

“Alright,” I said.

cramped, rundown apartment in the heart of the city slums.

was so small that once the bed was in, there was

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A hundred grand.

another world, impossibly out of

had

I had been there that night, watching his performance

Santa Claus suit, my face hidden beneath a tangled mess of cheap synthetic white hair. The glue used to stick it on must have been low–quality–I felt an itch

one look at me and told me to head backstage

a room with its door left slightly ajar.

I heard his

I’m kind of over it. Never in my life have I lived in a place that shitty,” Pax said casually. His tone was light, unfamiliar–nothing like the man

market’s right downstairs. If you don’t close the window, the

through the room. Someone chimed in, voice full

all out, huh? Dressing up like that was a bold

probably be

had her birthday, you bought her a $100,000 designer bag

Laughter erupted again.

“$100,000.”

rang in my head,

you planning to keep up this poor–boy act?”

back in seven days. If she finds out you’ve been fooling around

hell. You better hope she doesn’t get too attached.”

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