Can’t Win Me Back

Landon lowered his head with a bashful look. He confessed, "I'm the one who's worried that you might not want to attend."

Choking on emotions, Cyrus went up and offered him a hearty hug. When Landon entered the car, he saw Lauren leaning her head against the car window and wrapped in the blanket while getting some shut- eye. In her feeble condition, she had pushed her limits by embarking on this outing even with the help of a wheelchair.

“The window is chilly. Come rest your head here." He opened his arms and pulled her into an embrace. Then, he rubbed his chin on top of her head.

The car cruised toward the hospital.

Leaning against Landon's chest, Lauren suddenly cast a puzzled look at him upon feeling something solid in his suit.

"Does it bother you?" After some hesitation, he retrieved Angelina's diary from within his jacket.

She recognized the notebook as Angelina's diary. One night, she couldn't fall asleep as Landon was on a business trip, and she wandered to Angelina's room, only to accidentally run into Angelina writing in the pink notebook. Upon seeing Lauren, Angelina hurriedly put the notebook away with a blush. “Lauren, this is Angelina's diary.” He held his breath and handed her the notebook solemnly. “I do not want to hide her feelings for me from

lowered her gaze but did not accept the notebook. After some wiggling underneath her blanket, she reached for her phone and typed in the notes app.

Feeling his throat clamming up, he demanded. "Lauren, how did you know? Did

softly, she typed, "I had the chance to know her better after spending time with her every day. She took care of me. Landon, you were with her every day. Couldn't you tell? You can't conceal feelings of love. I

were hard to be concealed. He wondered if he had ever been attentive to Angelina because he had failed to pick up her

that fell on her phone screen. "Angie had been confessing her love

silent companionship

been silently waiting at the cemetery since early morning. She

white daisies by the tree. When she rose, her