Sheila froze for a moment.
Did he mean...
Did he really still remember the promise he'd made to her all those years ago?
So, did that mean he still loved her?
Tears welled up in Sheila's eyes. "Timothy, please... let it go. Don't hold on anymore. Seven years ago, we—"
She stopped, voice trembling. "Now, it's even less possible for us. Let's just... forget the past, both of us."
A complicated storm of emotions flickered in Timothy's icy blue eyes.
He said nothing.
For a long moment, it felt as if time itself had stopped.
After two or three minutes, he finally straightened and stood up, his posture tall and unyielding.
"Get some rest. I need to head back for a bit."
Sheila nodded, trying to steady herself. "Go ahead, I'll be fine. I can take care of myself."
left, Sheila wiped the tears from the
picking out the material she needed, while Herbert carried
him know he didn't need to walk her
"Which home are you going
spelled out with her hands, "To
insist on
saw them together, it would be hard
taxi for Jessica and
convenient here. If she went back to Azurehaven, it would be another two or three hours by car, and traveling back and forth would just waste more
for years, so
young, Latonia had always
couldn't help but feel
He really could be so
to The Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry rushed
"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"
much better. She woke
finally melted away,
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