They had only taken a few steps when Ava suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Liam turned around, brows furrowed slightly. "What's wrong?"
She looked at him with a calm expression. "You need to be rational. Divorce isn't a game. Once it's done, it's done."
Liam's eyes flickered with something unreadable. He seemed like he wanted to say something but held it in.
Ava steadied her breath. "At some point, you come to realize that life is made up of fragments. Childhood, adulthood, joy, grief—they're all just pieces of a larger puzzle. These three years of marriage between us… they were one of those fragments. That chapter is over. It's time to move on."
A chill spread through Liam's chest, like a sudden snowfall catching him off guard.
It was clear she didn't see him in her next chapter.
But he… wanted to be with her for every chapter, every lifetime.
After a long pause, Liam forced a wry smile. "You're only twenty-three, why do you sound like you're eighty-three?"
