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.

frosted windowpanes, blanketing the city in silver and white.

howled, slipping through the narrow cracks, sending an icy chill

to shake off the

Erike moved first.

and shut the window, sealing

of frigid air slipped through, his

it was for

I stilled.

second, the words

Then, realization dawned.

was echoing Pax’s words.“What are

this time,there was no teasing. No

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Only quiet hesitation.

his

pressed his lips together, his usually

Expectation.

unspoken hope.

felt something for him?

Maybe.

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

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