“They said it’s probable that our breakup will happen before Halloween.” His gaze softens a fraction on me. That soon? October just began. My eyes grow in shock. “Wow.” I let go of his hand and tuck a flyaway frizzed hair behind my ear. “Well, I suppose this isn’t terrible…we have a clearer timeline to work with now.” The bottom of my stomach has dropped, and I wish it’d float back to its proper anatomical position, please. His chest concaves with a constricted breath, and he’s about to speak—but Maximoff beats him to it. “Just tell the team that Jane wants this to go past October.” “I tried
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