Chapter 2045

Jocelyn shook her head so hard that her ponytail whipped across her shoulders. “No. I won’t sleep unless I know he’s safe. I have to find him, Yannick.”

Her determination had left her distracted for days. Yannick’s patience finally cracked, and the question slipped out before he could stop himself.

“Jocelyn… do you still love him?”

The question hit her like a slap. She froze, breath caught halfway.

Her lashes lowered, shielding eyes that suddenly dared not meet his.

Yannick watched that tiny, telling movement and felt the truth drop like a stone in his chest.

She had warned him from the start, had explained every tangled feeling in clear words, yet the actual sting of it still surprised him.