Chapter 66

Her voice wavered, and she looked away, prickling with embarrassment at the topic she had never broached. It was the one thing neither of them ever brought up beyond clinic appointments.

“Yeah. Only now, with things like this, I know it’s going to sound weird, but… I want us to move to my apartment and carry on as planned. I hate traveling so far to commute every day, and you’ll have your own room, space, and bed. We can exist with fewer eyes on us from my family, and I know you’re not happy with how they are towards you. Aunt RuiZi especially. We’ll have more freedom to relax, and you might find it less boring to be home without an atmosphere.”

He swallowed hard, unsure why this made him nervous and clammy, and his heart rate had upped. Hanging on her response by holding his breath.

He had thought about it a lot this past week, and it made sense to move them. Grandfather wouldn’t let him leave her alone at home, and this way, they didn’t have to explain outings to