Morpheus could tell Persephone had been awkwardly trying to please him, doing everything to make him happy. He felt sorry for her and deeply guilty, too. He didn't know how to tell her about his past.

Those ugly scars were something he didn't even want to touch himself.

"Morpheus, what's wrong?" Persephone's heart dropped when she noticed his constant distraction.

"Did... Did I say something wrong?"

"No." He gently caressed her face. "It's not you, Sephy. It's me."

"Why would you say something silly like that?"

"It's really my fault."

Persephone tiptoed to run her fingers through his hair when a distant rumble echoed in the sky.

clear skies, and now dark clouds loomed,

could react, large raindrops started

her into his arms and dashed in

me?" Persephone urgently

with this downpour is risky!" Morpheus glanced at her. "There's a

the rain intensified, she had no

cave's entrance, and the interior was relatively

stream, so you can

not getting wet much. However, as she was already dressed lightly, the rain had soaked her skirt, revealing her curves under the wet

coughed and

embarrassment. "Once it stops, I'll carry you back down the mountain." "I... I can walk by myself." Persephone's voice was low. She knew Morpheus was avoiding

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