Chapter 20

I never thought I’d see Pax again.

But fate, it seemed, had a cruel sense of humor.

Two years later, on another Christmas Eve, as Berlin slipped into wintertime, I found myself walking through streets dusted in the season’s first snowfall. The golden glow of streetlamps flickered against frost–coated windows, the world outside hushed and serene.

Inside the lab, however, serenity was the last thing on our professor’s mind.

“This one’s going to be a handful,” she muttered, rubbing her temples in exasperation.

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Her frustration was so uncharacteristic that Erike and I exchanged amused glances.

“What’s the problem, Professor?” Erike asked, barely suppressing a grin.

“A hard case,” she sighed. “Connections. Family money. One of those. Can’t be fired, hard to manage–what a

headache.”

Then, as if resigning herself to fate, she looked between the two of us.

“So? Which one of you is going to mentor him?”

-A man, then.

1 instinctively took a full step back.

“Erike you do it.” I shook my head with mock solemnity.

“I’d hate for her to fall helplessly in love with me.”

A voice came from behind me.

voice I hadn’t heard in

“Cecilia.”

I stilled.

a moment, I thought I had

when I turned, there he

Pax Brown.

our lab.

he officially joined our team.

in the weeks that followed he shattered nine

turn off the equipment

nearly melted an expensive sensor, I couldn’t take it anymore.

the first time in

you should just

Pax froze.

he just stared at me.

eyes turned red.

raw. “Does this mean

looked at me like he had been waiting

meant every word

had done as he promised.

had long since

the real

had grown up

his whole life by her side,buying her gifts. Picking her up

maybe I

my

that you’re even asking me this question

twitching at his sides–like

Huaiyu stepped forward,

turned uneven.

His voice was barely above

Erike?

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