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?”

one after another, pressing, demanding, like he could pull the answers from me

an

didn’t

smiled, quiet and

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Years of Love,

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Chapter 14

“It’s fine.”

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

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

lowered my

Two more days.

want

in another cycle of conversations that wouldn’t

exhaled slowly and said,

sense for me to stay here anymore.”

Pax

something in his posture eased. His shoulders relaxed just slightly,

Relief.

mind, that was

to erase

in moving on.

he had constructed And then,

my head. “No need. I finished packing yesterday.”

wanted to argue, but I didn’t give him the chance.

to the couple, I offered another small smile, my voice

of the place, so you don’t need to

It’s raining–you two should head back

a moment, there was only the soft patter of rain against the pavement.

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