Chapter 81

• Moving in together—it had seemed like the logical next step. No, not just logical. It had felt right. The idea had come to her because, deep down, she thought maybe it would close the gap between them—the quiet distance that still lingered, the subtle sense that Kaemon wasn’t letting her all the way in. They had been through so much, more than most couples. And yet, even after everything, there was something… off. Something unresolved. She thought maybe being closer, truly sharing a life, would finally break down that invisible barrier.
• And yet, the moment she suggested it, his reaction told her everything she needed to know.
• Kaemon tried to play it off, his smile too quick, too forced. “You practically live with me already,” he said, a lightness to his tone that didn’t match the tension in the air. “You’re at my apartment more than your own these days.”