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?”

everything. I promise.”

I stayed quiet.

slightly, like he was resisting the urge to reach

a moment, he sighed, his voice softening. “I

A pause.

we?“I smiled, cutting him off before he could finish.

“Sure.”

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slightly, almost imperceptibly. Like he hadn’t expected me to agree

the quiet breath

his mind, this was

was me forgiving him.

was things going back to the way they

he said, like he had done a

I didn’t protest.

by side, though the space between us felt wider than it ever

lease,” Pax said casually, his

need to stay in this cramped place anymore–you know I

sleeve, tugging it lightly,

is

a time when those words would have been the

only made my skin

entire day

hadn’t noticed the

wasn’t

I didn’t argue.

him on it.

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