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.

into the car's trash bin. She could understand him, but continuing

all, adult relationships weren't just about love

she wasn't careful, she could end up destroying

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

dreamed of the hot spring pool in the dark, her body hanging on

asking if she knew who

her face was flushed, glowing with a kind of irresistible

didn't know what she said in the dream, but the man became

The night was chaotic.

woke up, all she felt was exhaustion and

she noticed Ed had

again. She didn't know why,

were strange sometimes, easily swayed by emotions they

had planned to take the

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

this relationship could last a little longer. Maybe he would change

didn't reply to the message immediately. Instead, she got in her

was about to leave. But when she looked up, she saw Jodie standing in front of Ethan,

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