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?”

get the words out between his heavy breaths.

turned white as she realized.

suddenly called her llana?

remember at

realization come thirteen years

far too late. She would rather he never remembered who

Evadne. Speak

Thaddeus gripped Evadne’s chin, forcing her to meet his

marry you in the name of Ilana, do you remember?” Evadne looked

changed, her piercing

He, of course, remembered.

name. She didn’t respond so he gave her

that the girl he saved as a joke, would appear in his life again

she had kept it a secret, never

seems like you

laughed lightly, “Honestly, you didn’t need to remember. I never hoped that you would. After all, I was always just a passerby in your life. Whether it was thirteen years ago, three years ago,

Thaddeus‘ breath hitched.

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

thinking about him for thirteen years, yet he turned his back on

coldly shut her

“I’m sorry.”

genuinely didn’t know that you were

if you knew, you would still divorce me, wouldn’t

relationship between us. And, you don’t need to apologize. Instead, I should be thanking you. After you saved me, you left. I didn’t know your name, your identity, and never

why did

to know. It was the thought that had been tormenting him for so long, “Just because I saved you? Because I did you a

doesn’t matter, Thaddeus. It’s all in the past. What’s the point of dwelling on a marriage that ended without

the door to her heart that had just slightly opened. She

couple who used to be at odds with each other momentarily agreed to a truce. Both were somewhat injured and could only support each other as

already broken and Thaddeus‘ phone had no

otherwise,

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