Love Fades with Bygone Days Chapter 16

Love Fades with Bygone Days Chapter 16

I asked again, my voice steady.

“Would you?”

He opened his mouth.

But in the end, no answer came.

I didn’t need to hear it.

Even in his silence, I knew the truth.

But I didn’t cry.

I simply picked up my glass, took a sip of water, then stood and went to the counter to pay the bill.

When we stepped out of the restaurant, the night air was cold.

Tomas instinctively started to take off his coat to drape it over my shoulders.

But halfway through the motion, his hand froze.

Because I had already taken a small, natural step back.

In that instant, he understood everything.

I had learned to keep my distance.