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.

eyes opened, his gaze in the moonlight

the back of Nicole's hand, still clutching

voice was icy as he asked,

Nicole's mind

of anger, unwillingness, and

her chance, and

spilled over,

Jarrod chuckled.

Too annoyed

filled Nicole's eyes, leaving

and her heart was

despised her own inability to end

the

his hardened heart? He had thought their relationship was purely rooted

now, it seemed irrelevant whether he hated Nicole

a mix of love and hate, too entangled

could define or resolve the intricate web of emotions they

midst of their tangled emotions, Jarrod's resolve was

couldn't let

over

impending death due to stomach cancer be a reality? This thought sent waves of panic

eyes a tempest of emotion, Jarrod declared, "Nicole, we're even now, but I'm not

It wasn't a request.

something

evoke

that

asked, "Jarrod, do you mean only death could make

I won't let you

responded sharply, his

you even think of dying, I'll come after everyone who ever

Nicole barely

fear wasn't death, but living a life steeped in

"Remember

Nicole remained silent, lost in

new day, the time came to cremate

joined in paying their

"Jarrod, my father's final wish was for his ashes to be scattered

this, frowned and met her

he found himself unable to voice an

the car, Nicole turned to

your friend has been the best part

immediately welled up, tears

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

a nod to Raegan, Nicole then

for the past two

the untreated bite wound on Jarrod's arm, the

gaze, Jarrod murmured, "I

the bite mark