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If not for sheer willpower, tears might have welled in his eyes and blurred the world again.
“Happy birthday,” Freya said, her voice soft, layered with complicated feelings. His expression clearly took her by
surprise.
Her words sent a flicker of warmth through the chill in his chest. He looked at her intently, as though he was
trying to memorize every detail of her face.
After a long, weighted pause, he murmured, his voice rough and low, “Thank you.”
Their eyes stayed locked, the world around them momentarily dissolving into silence.
Eventually, Kristian stepped out of the car.
The soft thud of the door closing felt like the end of something. Like a curtain falling. Freya drove forward.
As she pulled out of the parking lot, she rolled down the window. The rush of cold air grounded her, helping her
gather herself.
So this was what it felt like—when someone who once meant everything finally said sorry.
But when the worst had already passed, apologies started to lose their power. Life pushed forward. As for the
past, Freya had already made her peace with it.
From this moment on, she let it go completely.
Freya might have let go, but Kristian couldn't.
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He sat quietly in the back seat, eyes closed, mind replaying every moment that had just unfolded.
She had said “I forgive you” and “Happy birthday.”
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And her eyes—eyes that once held warmth—now only held a calm, final kind of goodbye.
Gerard had no idea what had happened. All he knew was that Kristian was in a dark place. He wasn't joking like
usual, nor did he say anything cutting.
The silence lasted about half an hour before Gerard's phone rang.
He glanced at the screen. Liam was calling.
He picked up. “Hello.”
“Is my brother still at work?” Liam asked. Gerard glanced at Kristian in the back seat and answered in his usual
tone, “There's a last-minute issue—something urgent cup. He might need another hour.”
“Alright,” Liam replied. “Tell him to hurry up. We're all waiting.”
“Okay.”
“By the way.”
“Yes?”
“Is something going on with him?"
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After hanging up, Gerard silenced his phone.
He glanced at Kristian, who looked as though he were silently bleeding inside, and said, “Mr. Shaw, you've only
got one more hour.”
“Drive,” Kristian rasped.
If it were just Liam, he might've kept him waiting. But his parents were waiting. He couldn't keep them all
waiting for him.
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