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.”

saying that, as if something had just occurred to

But on my face, there was still only a soft

“Alright,” I said.

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

was in, there was barely space for

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A hundred grand.

another world, impossibly out of

yet, today–I had heard it twice.

that I had been there that night, watching his

in a clumsy, oversized Santa Claus suit, my face hidden beneath a tangled mess of cheap synthetic white hair. The glue used

event coordinator took one look at me and told me to head backstage to clean up.

passed by a room with its door left

I heard his voice.

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

close the window, the whole room reeks of rotting fish and

chimed in, voice full of

went all out, huh? Dressing up like that was

she’ll probably be completely devoted to

Nina had her birthday, you bought her a $100,000

Laughter erupted again.

“$100,000.”

in my head,

Pax, how long are you planning to keep up this poor–boy

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

are clingy as hell. You better hope she doesn’t

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