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

smile faltered. Realizing she had said too much, she shot me an uncertain glance, her fingers tightening

I–I didn’t mean

smiled, quiet and steady.

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Chapter 14

“It’s fine.”

turned to Pax, my voice light, even. “I just hadn’t gotten around to telling you

crossed his features, his dark eyes searching mine for something–an explanation, reassurance,

lowered my lashes.

Two more days.

didn’t want to argue.

get caught in another cycle of conversations that wouldn’t

exhaled slowly and said,

didn’t make sense

Pax didn’t

shoulders relaxed just slightly, and I saw it-

Relief.

mind, that was all this was.

erase

step in moving

into the reality he had constructed And then, without hesitation, “Then move

my head. “No need. I finished

if he wanted to argue, but I didn’t give

another small smile, my voice carrying

of the place, so you don’t need to worry about

thank you for thinking of me. It’s raining–you

a moment, there was only the soft patter

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