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Chapter 120: The First Real Test

last update publish date: 2026-03-20 20:44:00

For a while, they stayed exactly like that.

Sitting.

Talking.

Not about the past.

Not about the pain.

Not about what had already been broken.

But about small things.

Safe things.

Work.

Random observations.

Things that didn’t carry weight.

And that, in itself, was strange.

Because before—

Everything between them had always felt intense.

Heavy.

Like every moment needed to mean something.

But now?

Now there were pauses.

Breathing room.

Moments that didn’t demand interpretation.

And Elena didn’t kn
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