Chapter 21

Pax Brown came as suddenly as he left.

One moment, he was here–his presence unsettling the entire lab, turning heads, lowering voices into hushed.

whispers.

The next, he was gone.

No explanations. No drawn–out goodbyes.

The others didn’t understand.

I let out a slow breath, feeling the weight lift from my chest.

Beside me, Erike lowered his gaze, his long eyelashes trembling ever so slightly,

But his expression remained unreadable.

“So that’s him?” he asked, his voice quiet. “The ex–boyfriend who pretended to be poor?”

I nodded.

Outside, winter had settled in fully.

windowpanes, blanketing

slipping through the narrow cracks, sending an icy chill

curled my fingers, trying to shake off the numbness.

Erike moved first.

a word, he stepped forward and shut

just as the last breath of frigid air

that it was

I stilled.

the

Then, realization dawned.

words.“What

time,there was no

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Only quiet hesitation.

of his ears tinged red from

usually steady gaze flickering

Expectation.

quiet, unspoken

I ever felt something

Maybe.

spent countless nights side by side, working until exhaustion blurred the edges of

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