The cold air followed me long after I left the tower.
I wrapped my jacket tighter around myself as I walked slowly along the roadside, my boots scraping softly against the pavement. Seoul glittered around me like a living thing. Cars moved endlessly through the streets below. Neon signs reflected against wet roads. Strangers passed by speaking in quick bursts of Korean while warm light spilled from cafés and restaurants lining the streets.
But my mind stayed somewhere else.
“Please, I will never hurt you again.”
My jaw tightened instantly. My fingers curled hard inside my coat pocket.
“I promise I’ll never do it again. Please, Aurelia.”
The words replayed again.
And again.
Like my brain refused to let them die quietly.
A sharp breath left my nose.
How the hell did he think apolog
