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 moonlight

pressing the back of Nicole's hand,

was icy as he

Nicole's mind

unwillingness, and hatred surged within

her chance, and Jarrod

over, her

Jarrod chuckled.

Too annoyed

filled Nicole's eyes,

her heart was consumed

inability

the sight of Nicole's

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

it seemed irrelevant whether he hated Nicole

- a mix of love and hate, too entangled to be

could define or resolve the

their tangled

let Nicole

over Jamie's

were all lies, could Nicole's supposed impending death due to stomach cancer be a reality? This thought

we're

It wasn't a request.

something

of the revulsion his words might evoke in Nicole, Jarrod chose to

I'll give you that opportunity," he said, alluding

do you mean

won't let you

responded sharply, his eyes

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

Nicole barely registered his

fear wasn't death, but living a

"Remember what I

Nicole remained silent, lost

new day, the time came to cremate

Raegan joined in paying their last

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

hearing this, frowned and met her

reservations, he found himself unable to

car, Nicole turned

the best part

welled up,

sobs, "I'll

Raegan,

monitoring Nicole for the past two days,

untreated bite wound on Jarrod's

murmured, "I chose to leave

to the bite mark Nicole