Rebecca grabbed Morpheus' hand.

He abruptly pushed her away, causing her to stumble and almost fall. He felt a twinge of guilt but didn't reach out to help her up.

She looked at him, her gaze filled with disappointment.

"Sorry, I... " He explained softly, "I don't like people touching me."

"But Ms. Hamerton can, right?" she asked.

Morpheus' heart clenched.

In that instant, his mind was filled with Sephy.

"Morpheus, you still can't let her go, can you?"

He furrowed my brow. Her question seemed intrusive. "Is this something a psychologist should ask?"

"It's a friend asking," Rebecca said, looking down. "I thought after all this time, you'd consider me a friend."

"Rebecca..." He sighed, "There's no issue of letting go between me and her."

"What do you mean?"

"We made a promise."

count?" Rebecca's emotions grew intense. "Do you really

"What are you saying?"

aback, and his mind

to Hamerton's affairs, I might know more than you," Rebecca said, looking at him. "Mr. and Mrs. Hamerton won't let Ms. Hamerton come back! She's not just studying in Southeast Aciatic, but she's also going

Aciatic royalty's

the Irwins in Southeast Aciatic are Ms. Hamerton's grandmother's

had been struck hard, an inexplicable pain spreading from

a place I never want to come in touch with in my life, a place I can never return

Sephy doesn't come

two steps back, trying hard to

say something that might make you

princess on the pedestal, and we... live in a

Morpheus' POV:

ears buzzed,

alone for a

were on, but I opened two bottles of red

mind kept replaying all

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