No Longer a Silent Luna Chapter 08

No Longer a Silent Luna Chapter 08

That evening, Kael came to ask if I wanted to get dinner.

When he reached my office, he saw Corvin outside the door first.

Kael knocked, then stayed by the entrance in quiet, obvious protection as he waited for me to come out.

I followed him toward the cafeteria without sparing Corvin even a glance.

Along the way, Kael and I talked about a new batch of data and the next phase of our work.

By the time dinner was over, I had almost forgotten Corvin was trailing behind us.

It wasn’t until we were about to head back to the dorms that he finally snapped.

He rushed forward and grabbed my wrist hard. “Who is he? Why are you eating with him?”

I yanked my hand free, irritation flashing through me. “What business is that of yours, Corvin? Know your

place.”

“You and I have nothing to do with each other anymore. If you keep harassing me, I’m calling the police.”

I pulled out my phone and started to dial.

He stared at me like I had just stabbed him.

His voice turned hoarse, almost pleading. “Do you really have to treat me like this? I stood outside all

afternoon today. You used to worry about me more than anyone. Why don’t you care anymore?”

‘I’ve been looking for you ever since you left. You’re the one I’ve always loved. I never changed.”

I laughed. “This is your idea of never changing? Cheating on me with the housekeeper, sleeping with her in

front of me, then letting her kill my pup?”

“Your love is filthy. Get out. Right now. Or I really will call the police.”

Then I slammed the door shut.

He stayed outside the whole night.

I could hear the choked, broken sounds of him crying through the door, but I felt nothing.

The next morning, he was gone.

I went back to the lab as usual.

My life didn’t shift even a little.

Then one day, I received a video.

In it, a woman in a private club room was weaving her way through a crowd of men.

It took me a moment to recognize her beneath the heavy makeup: Elara.

The video went on much longer, but I had no patience to finish it.

As expected, Corvin had sent it.

He was trying to use revenge on Elara as a way to beg forgiveness from me.

Just like before, when he had used me as the one to punish for Elara’s sake.

Back then, he had done whatever he wanted because he knew I loved him.

Now everything he did looked pathetic like a clown performing to an empty room.

A few days later, the station director called me into his office.

He looked thrilled.

He grabbed my hand with both of his and beamed. “Lyra, you’re the hero of this entire research station. We

were desperate for funding.”

“An anonymous account just donated three hundred million in your name.”

‘Thank you. Truly. With this funding, our research can go further than ever.”

I stood there for a second, stunned.

But it didn’t take long to guess whose doing it was.

And sure enough, after the donation, Corvin showed up again.

“Lyra, can we talk?”

I took him to the coffee corner.

He sat across from me, eyes fixed on my face like he couldn’t bear to look away for even a second.

“You’ve changed so much,’ he said quietly. “I was blind before. I didn’t cherish you the way I should have.”

“I’m sorry. Back when I took you out of Frostmoon Pack, I swore at your mother’s grave that I’d spend the rest

of my life taking care of you.”

‘I’m sorry. I was a bastard. I broke that promise.”

By the end, his voice was choking apart as tears kept slipping down his face.

The last time I had seen Corvin cry like that had been ten years ago.

I took a sip of coffee and watched the steam rise from the cup between my hands.

Then I let out a soft breath. “Corvin, I gave you so many chances.”

‘The more I loved you back then, the more I hated you later. During that stretch of time, I lost my mind. I tore

myself apart over you.”

‘But now… I truly don’t care anymore.” I looked at him steadily. “Your presence doesn’t stir a single thing in

me.”

He stared back at me in silence as the last tiny spark of hope in his eyes went out.

More painful than hatred was indifference.

And in that moment, he finally understood-I really was done with him.

“For what it’s worth, thank you for the donation to the station. But that’s all. Don’t come looking for me again.

Let’s call it even.’

I pulled on my hat, stood up, and walked out.

Outside the door, Kael-who had heard the news-was already waiting, looking at me with a worried

expression.

I smiled faintly and walked away beside him.

Behind me, Corvin’s back seemed to cave in at last.

As he watched me leave, he finally understood something that came too late to matter.

Some people, once they decide to go, never turn back.

And the rest of his life would be spent learning what it meant to lose me.