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.

trash bin. She could understand him,

few days. After all, adult relationships weren't just about love and romance. Besides, depending too much on

she could end up destroying

forced herself to get up, get home, wash up, and collapse

the hot spring pool in the

her, asking if she knew who

the mist, her face was flushed, glowing with

in the dream, but the man became suddenly

The night was chaotic.

she felt was

her face and brushed her teeth. When she got in the car, she noticed Ed had sent her a text at 3:00 am.

her heart soften again. She didn't know why, but she couldn't bring herself to

were strange sometimes, easily swayed by emotions they couldn't

had planned to

each other some space. But when she saw that he hadn't slept at

last a little longer.

the message immediately. Instead, she got in her car and drove

the documents related to the Yule family collaboration, she was about to leave. But when she looked up, she saw

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