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.

his gaze in the

reached out, pressing the back of Nicole's hand, still clutching

as he asked, "Do you

a moment, Nicole's

flood of anger, unwillingness, and hatred surged

and Jarrod wouldn't grant her

over, her shoulders

Jarrod chuckled.

Too annoyed to

Nicole's eyes, leaving her

shook, and her heart

her own inability to

twisted at the sight of Nicole's

heart? He had thought their relationship was purely rooted

it seemed irrelevant whether he hated Nicole or

- a mix of love and hate, too entangled to

nor hatred alone could define or resolve the intricate web of emotions they

their tangled emotions, Jarrod's resolve

couldn't let

over Jamie's

accounts were all lies, could Nicole's supposed impending death due to stomach cancer be a reality? This thought sent waves of panic through

"Nicole, we're even now, but I'm not letting

It wasn't a request.

something he had

revulsion his words might evoke in Nicole, Jarrod chose to be

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

you

won't let

sharply, his eyes

even think of dying, I'll come after everyone

seemed Nicole barely registered

death, but living a life steeped in

cautioned, "Remember what I

silent, lost in

signaling a new day, the time came to cremate

in paying their last

my father's final wish

hearing this, frowned and met

himself unable to voice an

stepping into the car, Nicole turned

your friend has been the best part

welled up, tears cascading down her

Raegan managed through sobs, "I'll be here, waiting for

Raegan,

the past two days,

wound on Jarrod's arm, the

her gaze, Jarrod murmured, "I chose to

the bite mark