Chapter 175. Breathe In, Breathe Out

Anna swallowed, feeling the heaviness of Carlos’s words settle between them like a shared secret. 

She liked that he was opening up to her. It made her feel like it was a safe place. 

The Carlos she had known in high school had always been the loud, reckless one. The one who cracked jokes in the middle of serious moments, the one who never let anything faze him. 

But this Carlos, the one who sat beside her now, staring at the fading sunset…was quieter, heavier.

“You never told me that,” she murmured.

Carlos smirked, but there was no real amusement in it. “How could I? You had no idea where I was and I wanted it that way. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to heal on my own.”

Anna frowned. “I see…”

He glanced at her, his expression unreadable. “Let me ask you something, and I need you to be very honest with me. Why did you really agree to come here with me?”

She hesitated, her heart skipping a beat at the question. “Because…” She tr