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Chapter 6

Between him and my future, I chose my future.

I had never truly considered another option.

I wanted to laugh at how absurd it all was, but my lips wouldn’t move, frozen in something tight and bitter.

And yet

Now that I thought about it, Pax’s act had never been flawless.

The cracks had always been there, thin and almost imperceptible, but there nonetheless

The night we met, 1 was working a part–time shift at a bar when a drunk customer grabbed my wrist, pulling me closer with the kind of entitlement that came from knowing no one would stop him.

Pax had.

He had stepped in, effortlessly peeling the man’s fingers off my arm, his presence alone enough to make the guy stumble back with a mumbled curse.

He hadn’t just defended me–he had handled the situation, smooth and composed, as if confrontation was something he had been raised to navigate.

Then he turned to me, gaze flickering over my face, checking.

“Are you okay?”

calm, steady. And before I even had a chance to

saved it.

have known

himself–the quiet confidence, the unconscious authority–it wasn’t something a

student could fake.

he had smiled, easy and unbothered, and

a scholarship kid trying to get by.”

been wearing? Borrowed

daya

rich heir. Lucky me, huh?

had

to help him look for more part–time jobs, thinking I was helping him the way he had helped me.

rest was predictable.

23.05

Years of Love

Chapter 6

I hesitated.

persisted. I

vowing to work hard, to build

I understood now.

had to fight for,sounds so ridiculous……

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