Love Unbreakable

In the surveillance room, Jarrod watched Nicole on the screen, a pang of pain striking his heart.

Jarrod longed to embrace Nicole, yet he was acutely aware of his current lack of standing to do so.

During their silent car ride back, neither spoke a word.

Upon arriving at the mourning hall, Jarrod noticed Nicole had succumbed to sleep, worn out from being awake for two days straight.

Observing her peaceful slumber, Jarrod chose not to disturb her, allowing her to rest in the car.

"Waah..."

Suddenly, Nicole began crying in her sleep.

Her body trembled, and her muffled sobs deeply affected Jarrod.

Feeling as if his heart were ensnared by chains and grappling with immense guilt, Jarrod's face turned ashen.

He then did what he had longed to do.

He gently held Nicole in his arms.

In her sleep, Nicole, mistaking him for someone else, clung tightly to his arm.

Jarrod, breathing deeply, remained still, fearful of waking her.

After a while, exhaustion overcame Jarrod.Having also been awake for two days, Nicole's closeness, the focus of his turmoil, lulled Jarrod into sleep.

Nicole's eyes suddenly snapped open to the sound of Jarrod's steady breathing.

Contrary to appearances, she had not been asleep.

The thought of resting next to someone she deemed a demon was inconceivable.

Quietly, she shipped from Jarrod's embrace, leaving him slumped against the seat, vulnerable in sleep.

The moonlight cast a deceptive glow on his stern, yet striking features, masking his underlying ruthlessness.

Nicole, eyeing the driver's seatbelt, a sinister idea forming in her mind, contemplated an evil plan.

And that was to kill Jarrod.

The weight of her suffering and the Lawrence family’s tragedies all traced back to this man.

Nicole believed that by eliminating the root of these woes, she could finally give her parents peace.

In her mind, avenging them meant joining them in the afterlife.

As she pulled out the seatbelt and wrapped it around Jarrod's neck, her hands shook, tears streaming down her face.

She had never squashed an ant, how could she take a human life? Frozen, unable to complete the final act, her resolve wavered.

Then, a deep, raspy voice shattered the silence.

now?"Jarrod's eyes opened, his gaze in

back of Nicole's hand, still clutching

icy as he asked,

moment, Nicole's mind

anger, unwillingness, and hatred surged within

and Jarrod wouldn't grant

spilled over, her shoulders

Jarrod chuckled.

Too annoyed to

eyes, leaving her

shook, and her heart

own inability

the

hardened heart? He had thought their

it seemed irrelevant whether he

unhealthy dynamic - a mix of love and

love nor hatred alone could define or resolve the intricate

the midst of their tangled emotions,

let Nicole

over

Nicole's supposed impending death due to stomach cancer be a reality? This thought sent waves

Jarrod declared, "Nicole, we're even now, but I'm not letting you go

It wasn't a request.

was something

evoke in Nicole, Jarrod

didn't she? "One day, I'll give you that opportunity," he said, alluding to a chance

evident in her voice, asked, "Jarrod, do you mean

won't

sharply,

I'll come after everyone who ever helped

Nicole barely

fear wasn't death, but living a life

"Remember

silent, lost in her

new day, the time

and Raegan joined in paying their

"Jarrod, my

frowned

he found himself unable

car, Nicole

been the best

immediately welled up, tears cascading down her

Nicole's wrist, Raegan managed through sobs, "I'll be here,

to Raegan, Nicole

for the past two days,

bite wound on Jarrod's arm, the flesh

murmured, "I chose to

the bite