Sasha was stunned.

Chris astutely noticed the doubt and panic that flickered across her eyes.

His brow furrowed. ‘Did she not understand our “old rules”?’

These were the little things they did for each other. He would trim her bangs when they got too long, and she would shave his mustache.

Chris mustered a smile. “Have you forgotten about our old rules?”

She appeared flustered, scanning her surroundings.

“Lena! What’s bothering you today?”

“Oh, Chris!” She swiftly changed the subject. “Look at that store. They have such lovely clothes!”

“Lena—”

She playfully nudged him toward the store. “Buy

pushed by her. After buying one dress, her shopping enthusiasm appeared to have been

within two hours—he had never spent so

wasn’t the money that hurt. Rather, he could no longer ignore the suspicion festering within

said, “Um… Chris, I’m tired. Let’s call it a

examined her closely and

need to swing by the school to see Alexander. I want to check on his

day off today.

to work overtime?! Just wait

her shopping bags and vanished like a gust of

contemplation

that before. It wasn’t because she was unwilling to put in extra hours—she consistently finished her

her day off”

extraordinarily strange today,’

the

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