Chapter 420

The projection of the starry sky spun above them, glittering and unreal.

But the moment Lysander spoke, the dazed look on Mila's face vanished, replaced by her usual calm indifference.

"It's not my birthday today," she said coolly.

"I know," Lysander replied, smiling. "But it's coming up soon, isn't it? And when it finally does, we'll have gone our separate ways. I wanted to celebrate with you while we still could."

Just as they'd agreed:

In a little over ten days, they would be nothing to each other.

That was the truth.

But Mila barely managed to stifle a yawn. "There's no need. I don't want to spend my birthday with you."

She didn't want to celebrate with Lysander.

For them, birthdays were anything but pleasant—if anything, the subject bordered on repulsive.

She didn't care that, throughout their seven-year marriage, Lysander always flew abroad for Giselle's birthday, without fail. But what she did care about-what stung-was that every single time he rushed off to throw that woman a party, Mila would invariably end up locked away by Lysander's so-called childhood friends in some deserted manor, as if she might crash the festivities and ruin their fun.

Her pleas for help echoed unanswered in the empty halls. No one came. Only darkness, humiliation, and the bitter taste of abandonment.

So to hear Lysander bring up birthdays now only made her sick with disgust. How ironic.

This man always knew just how to humiliate her.

Mila tore her gaze from the swirling starry lights overhead and fixed her eyes coldly on him. "I'm tired. I want to go back and get some rest."

like that," Lysander

gaze, but in one smooth motion, he lifted her by the waist and carried her to

he said, his voice annoyingly

barely

with Cossio soon, and that Lysander would finally get out

breath, she blew out

of dying flames filled the

beautiful and mysterious, but whatever warmth or romance it might have

"Ha."

burning. "Darling, you really do have a knack for getting under

hand beneath her, pulling her tight against him, his gaze

were as clear as

gritted her teeth. "I hate

"Then we won't celebrate."

skin lightly

want to go on a date with

a choice..." Lysander caught himself, then pressed a gentle kiss between her brows. "Just bear with

She said nothing.

Could she say no?

Of course not.

well all day; the table was set with all her favorites-food she could actually stomach. She decided to

The only downside-

hard to move, and Lysander insisted on holding her in his lap, so she needed his help with everything. He even insisted on

enough?" Lysander asked with a smile, noticing

Full of anger, too.

her close. The silence between them deepened until she could hear nothing but their breathing,

rhythm of his heart

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