Chapter 314

Snow was swirling in the air, blanketing everything in white.

On the winding mountain road, a black SUV sat parked on the shoulder.

Archie slumped in the passenger seat, breathing heavily. His head pounded, a wave of dizziness washing over him. Frowning, he pushed away the portable oxygen tank Mila offered.

"Just― Just give me a minute. Let me adjust."

Mila, bundled up in her puffer jacket, glanced at the altimeter and sighed. "We're already at about 13,500 feet. You've made it this far-just hang in there."

But Archie was stubborn. He insisted on toughing it out.

Mila gave up arguing and simply pressed the oxygen mask to his face. He had no choice but to take a breath.

After just one inhale, he fell silent.

"Still dizzy?" Mila asked, her tone cool and matter-of-fact.

"No," Archie admitted after a moment, catching his breath. Frustration crept into his voice. "I just don't get it. I'm supposed to be the healthy one here. You're the fragile one. Why am I the one with altitude sickness, and you're totally fine?"

She shrugged. "Maybe you're just too healthy for your own good."

shot her a look,

rest," Mila said, her tone softening as she tried to salvage his pride. "Who knows, maybe the altitude sickness will hit me later. I'll need you to drive the

and they pressed on,

grew too exhausted to continue, so Archie took over-driving while hooked up to the oxygen tank. Somehow, they

Both were completely spent.

booked, barely making

***

Back at Northpoint University.

still digging around, trying to

finally decided she needed answers straight from Lysander himself. She couldn't just sit back and accept

him at the very beginning—he'd said nothing about being engaged, nothing about

had she ever

number again and

me you were engaged? Why did you drag me into this?" Her voice shook with

tinged with exhaustion. "Mila, what does this have

difficult. I tried for ages, and you never gave in. Honestly, I'm over it. I could pick up

me again.

Mila thought she heard a

The line went dead.

down around her,

bitter laugh escaped

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