Grace opened her mouth, but for a moment, she found herself unable to respond.

The day they first met, she had felt Ed's intense emotions-love, hatred, longing, and sorrow. His complicated feelings had made her reluctant to hurt him, and step by step, she had lowered her defenses until they got into a relationship.

The more she got to know him, the more she felt for him, and the more she lowered her own boundaries.

"Ed."

Before she could even finish her sentence, Ed, unwilling to listen to her, grabbed

her waist with an intense and forceful grip.

After it was over, Grace heard his hoarse voice.

"I don't want you to see me like this."

With that, he opened the car door, slammed it shut, and walked away.

Grace lay back in the seat, still feeling the sticky mess below. He hadn't even cleaned up after himself. It was clear that he was really angry.

She slowly sat up, her mind still swimming in the rush of emotions he had given her, unable to focus on anything else.

She reached for a tissue, quietly cleaning herself, and then began to understand his feelings.

Ed felt like he shared his loneliness, sadness, and unfulfilled longing with her. He expressed his struggles, feeling disconnected and loyal to something he couldn't fully believe in, as well as the emptiness he constantly felt.

tissue into the car's trash bin. She could understand

decided to give him the cold shoulder for a few days. After all, adult relationships weren't just about love and romance. Besides, depending too much on someone was a frightening

she could

that thought in mind, she forced herself to get up, get home, wash up, and collapse into

hot spring pool in

asking if she

the mist, her face was flushed, glowing with

what she said in the

The night was chaotic.

felt was exhaustion and a headache

face and brushed her teeth. When she got in the car, she noticed Ed had sent

didn't know why,

easily swayed by emotions they couldn't

had planned to

relationship; even considering whether they should break up to give each other some space. But when she saw that he hadn't slept at all and sent her such a message,

longer. Maybe he

immediately. Instead, she got

the documents related to the Yule family collaboration, she was about to leave. But when she looked up, she saw Jodie standing in front of Ethan, talking to

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