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

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

careful, she

thought in mind, she forced herself to get up, get

dreamed of the hot spring pool in the

to her, asking if she knew who

her face was flushed, glowing

she said in the

The night was chaotic.

Grace woke up, all she felt was exhaustion and a headache

When she got in the car, she noticed Ed had sent

know why, but she couldn't bring herself to be hard on

easily swayed by

to take

whether they should break up to give each other some space. But when she saw that

last a little longer. Maybe he

the message immediately. Instead, she got in

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

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