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.

in this world—a drop of water or a tree—had the freedom she dreamed of but

a smile, “Looks like you women are the same. You like

cheeks and frowned, looking lost. “What’s your

down

was? A

walk!” he said and was going to

“Hey, you…”

him back before he

down… He still

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

and there was finally some color on her pale

and pulled on a pair of

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

and closed her eyes gently. Standing on a porch and breathing freely like this felt like the last lifetime

and opened her eyes to look up at the

“What?” Josiah was confused.

thing for me to stand here

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reason, they had just met for the first time, but it felt like

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