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

icy as he asked,

Nicole's

of anger, unwillingness, and hatred surged within

and Jarrod wouldn't grant

spilled over, her

Jarrod chuckled.

Too annoyed to

eyes,

her heart

inability to end his

at the

she continually soften his hardened heart? He had thought their relationship was purely rooted in

it seemed irrelevant whether he

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

hatred alone could define or resolve the intricate web of emotions

tangled emotions, Jarrod's resolve

couldn't let

pondered over Jamie's

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

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

It wasn't a request.

something

his words might evoke in Nicole, Jarrod chose to

she loathed him already, didn't she? "One day, I'll give you that

despair evident in her voice, asked, "Jarrod, do you mean only death could make me escape from

won't let you

sharply, his

dying, I'll come after

Nicole barely registered his

fear wasn't death, but living a life

"Remember what I

silent, lost in her

day, the time came to cremate

and Raegan joined in paying their last

my father's final

this, frowned

any reservations, he found himself unable to voice

stepping into the car,

friend has been the best part of my

up,

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

to Raegan, Nicole

vigilantly monitoring Nicole for the past two days, ensuring

wound on Jarrod's arm,

her gaze, Jarrod murmured, "I chose to

bite mark Nicole had