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.

know how hard I've been searching for

However, as soon as he 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 contact anyone from your family or my

came out as a choked whisper. "But... I was

times had he said the word "afraid" in one

from Meridan back then. He was so

reduced him to

wavering indecision, and the cruelty that had extinguished

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

When I looked at your back from afar the last time I saw you standing under my window, I

be... I want to be with you. I

"Dr. Larson."

say such things that go against God's

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 the sky falls, I'll hold it up for you... If

eyes and collapsed to

did not feel the

warm embrace of a man radiating

embrace he had searched

shirt, Asher's hand around

a fever?!" he exclaimed, his large hands covering Arnold's sweat-drenched forehead, finding it alarmingly

also wanted to hug him, but his whole body ached too much to even lift his arms. "Seeing you makes everything better..." Asher gritted his teeth. "Stop fooling around!

Once I step foot in any hospital, even the ones

his head vigorously. "Some fever medicine will

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