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.

opened, his gaze in the moonlight

the back of Nicole's hand, still

icy as he

a moment, Nicole's mind went

anger, unwillingness, and hatred

lost her chance, and

over, her

Jarrod chuckled.

annoyed to

eyes, leaving her

and her heart was consumed with

inability to end

the sight of Nicole's

she continually soften his hardened heart? He had thought

irrelevant whether he hated

were bound by a complex, unhealthy dynamic - a mix of love

hatred alone could define or resolve

tangled emotions,

couldn't let

over

to stomach cancer be a reality? This thought sent waves

Jarrod declared, "Nicole, we're even now, but

It wasn't a request.

something

evoke in Nicole, Jarrod chose to

give you that opportunity," he said,

"Jarrod, do you mean only death could

won't

responded sharply, his

I'll come after everyone who ever helped

Nicole barely registered his

death, but living

cautioned, "Remember

Nicole remained silent, lost in her

new day, the time came to cremate Wesson's

Raegan joined in paying their last

"Jarrod, my father's final wish

this, frowned and

himself

into the car,

your friend has been the best part of

welled up, tears

through sobs, "I'll be

Raegan, Nicole then

been vigilantly monitoring Nicole for the past two days, ensuring he was

noticed the untreated bite wound on Jarrod's

her gaze, Jarrod murmured,

to the bite mark