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.

hadn’t heard in two

“Cecilia.”

I stilled.

I thought

when I turned,

Pax Brown.

our

night, he officially joined our team.

in the weeks that followed he shattered

to turn off the equipment

time he nearly melted an expensive sensor, I

and, for the first time in

you should just

Pax froze.

a second, he just stared

eyes turned red.

raw. “Does this mean you’ve

waiting for this moment longer than he could bear.

told me he had meant every word

he had done as he

had long since severed ties with

that had never been the real

had grown up together.

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

place, maybe I would have fallen

shook my head.

even asking me this question means you

at his sides–like he wanted to reach for me.

stepped forward, casually positioning himself between us.

breathing turned uneven.

barely above a whisper. “You’re with him?”

Erike?

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