Tonight, the moonlight scattered a silvery-white glow across the ground.

The night breeze stirred, casting shadows that swayed outside the window.

Asher lowered his eyelashes, holding a cross in his hand as he stood devotedly before the altar, praying.

Since his lover's passing, he has performed this ritual daily, seeking self-redemption and repenting for his sins.

Countless times, he did it all for himself.

But now, as he stood once again before the altar, he could no longer see his own heart clearly.

Confusion and a sense of helplessness engulfed him.

With a long sigh, Asher turned around.

Just then, the church's grand doors burst open.

The next moment, a slender, graceful figure with fox-like eyes shimmering with mist stepped in, breaking through the desolate twilight and crashing into his gaze.

"Ash..."

Arnold stood alone in the hallway as the cold wind pierced his thin frame. Tears welled up in his narrow eyes. "You came all the way here to look for me... Why didn't you wait a little longer? Would it have killed you to wait a bit longer?"

Asher's heart jolted.

He froze. An unbearable emotion started burning fiercely in his bloodshot eyes.

idiot... Do you know how

saw his beloved, tears flowed uncontrollably. "I lost my phone... I dared not go to the KS Group's building to see you. I didn't dare go to Yara Park to see you... I didn't dare to

words came out as a choked whisper. "But... I was even more afraid of never seeing you

had he said the word "afraid"

arrived from Meridan back then. He was so

reduced

the Thompson and Larson families? Or was it Asher's own ambivalence, his wavering indecision, and the cruelty

Arnold's tear-soaked face, his heart aching as if it had

I'm scared... When I looked at your back from afar the last time I saw you standing under my window, I was so scared that it would be the last time

could that be... I want to be with you.

"Dr. Larson."

"This is a church. Please don't say such things that go against God's will." "But I've already said it! If

couple of steps, jabbing his fingers hard at his chest. "It hurts so much here. I don't care about the Larson family or divine retribution... What do those things matter compared to you? If there's retribution, then bring it on! If

his eyes

he did not feel

felt the warm embrace of

the embrace he had searched for

shirt, Asher's hand around his waist was

he exclaimed, his large hands

even lift his arms. "Seeing you makes everything better..." Asher gritted his teeth.

looking for me right now. Once I step foot in any hospital, even the ones under the Thompsons,

his head vigorously. "Some

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