Chapter 14

“Huh?”

The girl’s gaze flickered toward Pax. her brows knitting together in momentary confusion.

“Wait… isn’t this Your husband?”

Pax’s lips quirked up slightly, amusement flickering in his dark eyes.

The title–husband–seemed to entertain him, as if he had already claimed his place beside me, as if none of the past. days had unraveled us at all.

But then, realization dawned, and his attention shifted to me. His expression turned questioning, waiting for an explanation.

“Who are they?”

The girl, oblivious to the tension that had suddenly thickened the air, smiled brightly.

“Oh! Your girlfriend is renting the apartment to us!” she said cheerfully, her voice carrying an innocence that twisted something inside my chest. “I figured she was cleaning up all on her own, so we thought we’d drop by and help.”

She lifted the bags in her hands–cleaning supplies, neatly packed, a gesture of goodwill.

A small kindness A harmless act.

“Renting it out?”

The lightness in Pax’s features vanished in an instant. His brows drew together, his body tensing beside me.

“Cecilia.. you’re moving?”

His voice was sharper now, laced with something unreadable.

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Where are you going?”

pressing, demanding, like he could pull the answers from me before I had the

Realizing she had said too much, she shot me an uncertain glance, her fingers tightening around the handles of

I–I didn’t mean to-”

smiled, quiet

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Chapter 14

“It’s fine.”

light, even. “I just hadn’t gotten around to telling you

expression didn’t soften. If anything, a flicker of unease crossed his features, his dark eyes

my

Two more days.

didn’t want

another cycle of

slowly and

It didn’t make sense for

a second, Pax didn’t

His shoulders relaxed

Relief.

his mind, that

trying to erase the past.

natural step in moving

had constructed And then, without hesitation, “Then move into

need. I finished packing

to argue, but I didn’t

small smile, my voice carrying a quiet finality.

most of the place, so you don’t need

for thinking of me. It’s raining–you two should

the soft patter of rain against

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