Thaddeus didn’t have time to dwell on the shock.

The cliff beneath him was collapsing!

“Ilana! Quick!”

In his panic, Thaddeus blurted out a name he hadn’t spoken in years.

Evadne’s pupils shrunk as her heart pounding wildly.

This call mysteriously injected her with a strange strength that allowed her to scramble to the edge of the cliff at the last moment, throwing herself into Thaddeus‘ arms.

With a tightening grip, he held her as tight as he could.

Boom!

In the last second before the collapse, Thaddeus shielded Evadne with his body and rolled away at an incredible speed, narrowly escaping disaster.

“Uh!” He grunted in pain as his back slammed into a rock. The impact sent a cold sweat down his face, quickly blending with the rain.

“Are you hurt?” Evadne lifted her head from his chest, her eyes filled with worry as she looked at his pale face.

“No.” Thaddeus suppressed the pain, not giving away any signs of discomfort in his deep voice.

Evadne, still shaken, let her soaked body collapse against his heaving chest, taking a deep breath.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Thaddeus looked at her, his wet lashes heavy upon his eyes, his voice hoarse.

“What?” Evadne’s heart fluttered as she avoided his intense gaze.

“Why didn’t you tell me our first encounter was thirteen years ago? Why didn’t you tell me you were the girl I saved here all those years ago?”

struggled to get the words out between his heavy breaths. The intense bitterness

turned white as she

when he suddenly called her llana? Was it because he

remember

his realization come

too late, far too late. She would rather he never remembered who she

me, Evadne. Speak

Thaddeus gripped Evadne’s chin,

do you remember?” Evadne looked at him with

face changed, her piercing

He, of course, remembered.

She didn’t respond so he gave her a name,

the girl he saved as a joke, would appear in his life again thirteen years later as his

kept it a secret, never

seems like you do

never hoped that you would. After all, I was always just a passerby in your life.

Thaddeus‘ breath hitched.

wrong, he felt guilty. He saved her, yes, but he

about him for thirteen years, yet

his world, but he coldly shut her out, cruelly closing his

“I’m sorry.”

genuinely didn’t know that you were

knew, you would still divorce me,

llana, it’s just a name. It doesn’t change the relationship between us. And, you don’t need to apologize. Instead, I should

why did you marry

It was the thought that had been tormenting him for so long, “Just because I

doesn’t matter, Thaddeus. It’s all in the past. What’s the point of

to her heart that had just slightly opened.

to be at odds with each other momentarily agreed to a truce. Both were

Evadne’s phone was already broken and Thaddeus‘

Mountain, otherwise, we would have cell signal.” Gasping for breath, Evadne

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