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?”

he could pull the answers from me before I had the chance to evade them.

too much, she shot me an uncertain glance, her

didn’t

smiled, quiet and steady.

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Years of Love,

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Chapter 14

“It’s fine.”

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

expression didn’t soften. If anything, a flicker of unease crossed his features, his dark eyes searching mine for something–an explanation, reassurance,

lowered my lashes.

Two more days.

didn’t want

cycle of conversations

exhaled slowly and said, simply,

broke up. It didn’t make sense for me to

Pax didn’t move.

something in his posture eased. His shoulders relaxed just

Relief.

in his mind, that was all this

erase

in moving on.

makes sense,” he murmured, nodding as if this version of events fit neatly into the reality he had constructed And then, without hesitation, “Then move into my place. There’s no point in going through all this trouble.”

shook my head. “No need. I finished

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

offered another small smile, my voice carrying a

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

of me. It’s raining–you

only the soft patter of rain against

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