Chapter 2269

The white roses were now stained with crimson drops of blood.

"Let's end this." A few simple words, spoken so softly, shattered Asher's ironclad heart, leaving it in pieces too broken to even look at.

"Arnold... I won't let you leave me!" Asher trembled from head to toe. A storm unlike any other was raging in his usually composed eyes. "I know who I love! You were never anyone's substitute! Arnold. Don't leave me... I won't let you leave me!"

Asher was terrified, more than he had ever been.

Tears flowed as he begged, then he turned desperate, doing whatever he could to keep Arnold. He would try anything and accept anything, as long as the person he loved did not leave him again.

Asher had barely survived the first time. A second time would drive him to madness.

Asher's breath grew harsh, his reddened eyes filled with obsession. He opened his arms, desperate to embrace the man who was falling apart in front of him. As he leaned in, a sharp pain tore through his left eye. "Don't touch me!"

Arnold, overwhelmed and out of control, had grabbed another rose, its sharp stem slashing across Asher's left eye.

Luckily, Asher had closed his eyes just a second before, or the rose stem would have cut his eyeball, possibly even blinding him.

deep cut running across Asher's eye.

for him. But he forced himself to hold back. With a hoarse voice, he said, "Asher, you need

pale face, but he pulled

that you won't

warmth from Asher's embrace was now completely gone. "I admit it, I still love you. But I can't convince myself to stay

if we forced this relationship to continue, I'd feel like I was playing the role of someone else every day by your side. Your love for me has lost the purity it once had. What I want is

voice broke. "You and him... You were an enviable pair. It's because of

Asher's body stiffened.

Asher. Let's end it

arrived,

empty room, Asher's tall figure remained kneeling, his back hunched, casting

she took a step back,

but he looked

Thompson and Dr. Larson?" Steven had asked her

had worked alongside Asher for years

deep breath, Bella steadied herself. "Steve, wait outside. I need to talk to my

nodded, stepping

walked over to her brother, her eyes filling with tears. She kneeled beside him, gathering the scattered roses one by one. When she picked up a card, she saw

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