Chapter 18

If you looked at it from another angle. Nina was pathetic in her own way.She had spent years believing in an

illusion

Convinced that she and Pax were something more than childhood friends. That their bond was built on mutual affection, not just habit.

She had left the country thinking she had a place in his heart–a permanent one.

And when she returned, the boy who had once braved storms to pick her up at the airport, who had stood there waiting for her, drenched, breathless, eyes filled with devotion had moved on in just two days.

The world hadn’t stopped for her.

The sharp wall of sirens cut through the air.

Red and blue lights pulsed against the glass storefronts, the reflections casting an eerie glow over the marble floors.

The paramedics moved quickly, their voices urgent but professional.

Nina was still conscious, her skin ghastly pale against the stark white of her dress.

The blood had already begun to seep through the delicate fabric, a slow, spreading stain.

Pax stood beside me, his expression carefully blank.

hands,fisted tightly

his shoulders, and the way his jaw clenched

He was worried.

let himself

slow breath, my lips curling

“Go.”

had all been about him, up to this point.

second before he stepped forward,

quick,

trace of cologne mixed with something uniquely

wait for me.”

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will

Because he was right

few hours later….

an upscale boutique placed a velvet box onto the

the lid, revealing a stunning diamond

big enough to silence doubts Big enough to convince someone to

associate asked politely, assuming the moment belonged to two.

I smiled.

don’t need it anymore.”

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