Chapter 17
Twenty–four hours.
That was all the time I had left.
Last night–After Pax asked me to start over, I didn’t respond.
I simply sat there, letting the weight of his words sink into the candlelit hush between us.
The restaurant, once warm and intimate, suddenly felt distant, the glow of the chandeliers dimmed by something neither of us was willing to name.
A silence stretched between us, thick and unresolved.
Pax’s mother, ever perceptive, didn’t push for an answer.
“These kinds of things should be settled between the two of you,” she murmured, dabbing the corner of her lips with a napkin. “Tve had my fill. I’ll be heading home.”
Before leaving, she handed me a gift.
An emerald jade bracelet–delicate, flawless.
I refused instantly.
It was too much, too significant.
But Pax didn’t hesitate. He took it for me, slipping it into his pocket with the ease of someone who had already
decided for me.
“Then I’ll hold onto it for now.”
And then, as if sensing that wasn’t enough, he insisted on picking out another gift.
“Something from me.”
1 didn’t argue.
followed him through the high–end shopping mall, trailing behind him
someone watching their own life
then we ran into her.
Nina.
Her makeup was soft,
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perfect picture of restraint.
moment she saw Pax, something
shoulders trembled as if she were standing in the eye of some
really consider acting.
control, she could land a starring role without
with raw emotion. “He said you were going to propose to her.”
wringing it as if trying to steady herself.
didn’t believe him.
her head, exhaling
it’s true,
world around us didn’t stop.
conversations still buzzed in the air.
Yet somehow-
us
scene suspended in time.
the three of
to
instinctive, reflexive–like he needed to read my
I smiled.
curve of my lips.
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