Chapter 13
A silence stretched between us, long and heavy, thick with things unsaid.
Pax finally broke it, his voice quieter now, subdued in a way that made me wonder if he already knew how this conversation would end.
“I didn’t know she texted you.”
I didn’t react.
The screen in front of me was empty now–the messages erased, wiped clean, as if they had never existed.
But the password?
That was a different story.
Once, it had been my birthday.
Now, it was hers.
I watched as Pax exhaled sharply, rubbing his temple like this entire situation was nothing more than an inconvenience, an annoyance he needed to handle before moving on.
Without hesitation, he changed it back to my birthday.
“This is ridiculous,” he muttered, more to himself than to me. “I’ll talk to her. This won’t happen again.”
His tone was steady, assured, as if this was something that could be resolved with a simple conversation.
Then, he looked at me–really looked at me. His gaze was searching, careful, trying to gauge where I stood, trying to read the emotions I was no longer willing to show him.
“Cecilia, can you trust me one more time?”
handle everything.
I stayed quiet.
fingers twitched slightly, like he was resisting the urge to reach
moment, he sighed, his voice softening. “I
A pause.
smiled, cutting him off before he
“Sure.”
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slightly, almost imperceptibly. Like he hadn’t expected me
I saw it–the way his shoulders loosened, the quiet breath of relief that escaped
his mind,
was me forgiving him.
to the way
upstairs,” he said, like he had
I didn’t protest.
space between us felt wider than it ever
just transfer the lease,” Pax said casually,
know I have somewhere you can live
sleeve, tugging it lightly, his touch
mine is yours.money,home.”
have been the sweetest
only made my skin crawl.
entire day
was no way–no way–he hadn’t
decided it wasn’t important enough to
I didn’t argue.
fight him on it.
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