Chapter 2045

Jocelyn shook her head so hard that her ponytail whipped across her shoulders. "No. I won't sleep unless I know he's safe. I have to find him, Yannick."

Her determination had left her distracted for days. Yannick's patience finally cracked, and the question slipped out before he could stop himself.

"Jocelyn... do you still love him?"

The question hit her like a slap. She froze, breath caught halfway.

Her lashes lowered, shielding eyes that suddenly dared not meet his.

Yannick watched that tiny, telling movement and felt the truth drop like a stone in his chest.

She had warned him from the start, had explained every tangled feeling in clear words, yet the actual sting of it still surprised him.

Jocelyn's fingers curled into a tight fist. She opened her mouth to answer.

Yannick raised a hand. "Don't worry about it. I asked on impulse. You don't owe me an explanation."

The air between them thickened, his own emotions crowding his lungs until every breath felt shallow.

Jocelyn was not the most perceptive woman, but even she sensed the weight pressing on him now.

She lifted her chin and managed to meet his gaze at last. "Yannick... I'm sorry."

He forced a crooked smile. "For what? You haven't done anything wrong."

as though


the moment. "Come on.

rooted to the pavement, shaking

a cab. You should get back to work." Her refusal landed with

searching

right. If

made no further

She nodded once. "Mm."

curb. Jocelyn climbed in, then looked back through the open window.

etly

said nothing. He simply watched the taillights disappear into the

own car and smash a fist against the steering wheel,

does Nicholas

came-only silence and the echo of


surely it was Jocelyn, already

He snatched it up, half expecting a different name,

his eyes, gone almost before it

by Sven's place. I need to know he's all right." Calvin's voice was low, unhurried,

to Sven? Whoever tries

tone sharpened. "I said go. Once you see him,

that tone, Yannick

I'll head out in

planning to check on Jocelyn

in, leaving no

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