Kelly looked at him and giggled. For some reason, they had just met for the first time, but it felt like they had known each other for a long time.

It had been a while since she laughed, and he was the reason she laughed tonight.

He had pressed her against the floor earlier to hide her from those men… Her heart sped up at that moment, and it felt like it had never calmed down until now.

As Kelly smelled the fresh scent on his shirt and took in his masculine he knocked the doors to her heart that had been long shut off again.

“Kelly.” The man’s nice voice sounded. “What are you thinking about?”

Kelly’s cheeks heated up, and she ducked her head, her hair covering half of her face.

Josiah smiled, looking at her, and had the urge to push her hair away.

“Nothing…” Kelly answered softly as she looked into the sky, “Just… I’m envious of those stars.”

“Envious of the stars?”

“Mm, I want to be as free as starlight.”

It was Josiah’s first time hearing someone say that starlight was free.

or a tree—had the freedom she dreamed of but could

stargaze?” Josiah asked with a smile, “Looks like you women are the same. You like things like

cheeks and frowned, looking lost. “What’s

looked down and

last name was? A name was just a term of

walk!” he said and was going to

“Hey, you…”

him back before

and looked down… He still had no

looked up at her in a panic, forcing a smile that looked more like a

was finally some

frantically and pulled on a pair of pants before he took

in the sun the whole day, so there was still a warm sunlight scent now. It was quiet all around,

on a porch and breathing freely

eyes

“What?” Josiah was confused.

a rare thing for me to stand here and breathe fresh

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giggled. For some reason, they had just met for the

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