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?”

came rapid–fire, one after another, pressing, demanding, like he could pull the

too much, she shot me an uncertain glance, her fingers tightening around the

I–I didn’t mean

quiet and

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Chapter 14

“It’s fine.”

Pax, my voice light, even. “I just hadn’t

soften. If anything, a flicker of unease crossed his

lowered my

Two more days.

want to

another cycle of conversations that wouldn’t change a thing.

exhaled slowly and

up. It didn’t make sense for me to

Pax didn’t

his posture eased. His shoulders relaxed just slightly, and I saw

Relief.

his mind, that

trying to erase the

in moving on.

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

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

lips parted as if he wanted to argue, but I

couple, I offered another small smile, my voice carrying a quiet

most of the place, so you

of me. It’s raining–you two

a moment, there was only the soft patter of

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