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."
wiped the tears from the
the fabric market, Jessica finished picking out the material she needed,
to walk her home;
face darkened a bit. "Which home are you going
slowly spelled out with her hands, "To my home
didn't insist
saw them together, it would
a taxi for Jessica
return to Riverside City-everything was more convenient here. If she went back to Azurehaven, it would be another two or three hours
Emitting Necklace; they'd known each other for years,
young, Latonia had always been kind
the Voice Emitting Necklace, Jessica couldn't help but
could
Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry
"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"
better.
worry on Henry's face finally melted
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