For a second I just stood there staring at him while tears blurred my vision so badly I could barely even see properly anymore. Part of me wanted to argue. Wanted to scream at him for saying something so cruel after everything we had just survived together.
But another part of me was too exhausted to keep fighting.
Emotionally exhausted. Mentally exhausted. Heartbroken in a way I didn’t even know how to explain yet.
Kash stayed sitting near the counter without looking at me again, his jaw tight while silence slowly swallowed the apartment whole.
That hurt worse somehow.
A shaky breath left my chest before I finally nodded once to myself like I was accepting something I never thought would happen between us.
“Okay,” I whispered quietly.
Kash’s eyes lifted toward me instantly at the r
