"Let's take a break? No, Serafina, I'm done."
Jared's voice was cold, each word slicing through the thick silence like a blade. "You're exhausted... pathetic."
Serafina froze.
"What?!" Her voice cracked like lightning splitting the sky.
She stormed toward him, fury burning in her eyes. "Are you being serious right now, Jared?"
"You're not listening to me, Serafina! You never listen!" he snapped, fists clenched at his sides.
Her lips curled. "Oh, I'm listening now. I'm listening to the man who once swore I was his destiny suddenly acting like I'm the burden. How convenient."
"I heard you," Jared said, voice low and hard. "But this... whatever this has become between us, it's toxic. It's done. It should've ended a long time ago."
The silence that followed wasn't cal
