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

But on my face, there was still only

“Alright,” I said.

in a cramped, rundown apartment in the heart of the city

the bed was in, there was barely space for

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A hundred grand.

from another world, impossibly

today–I had heard it twice.

been there that night, watching his

of cheap synthetic white hair. The glue used to stick it on must have been low–quality–I felt an itch creeping across my skin, and soon, red splotches broke

one look at me and told me to head

I passed by a room with its door left

I heard

over it. Never in my life have I lived in a place that shitty,” Pax

the window, the whole room reeks of rotting fish and

the room. Someone chimed in, voice full

all out, huh? Dressing up like that was a

tonight, she’ll probably be completely devoted to

find out that when Nina had her birthday, you bought her a $100,000 designer bag

Laughter erupted again.

“$100,000.”

rang in my

how long are you planning to

days. If she finds out you’ve been fooling around with some random girl, you’re screwed.”

And poor girls are clingy as hell. You better hope she doesn’t get too attached.”

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