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.

stared in shock at the deep cut running across Asher's eye. For a moment, the sight

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

did not care about himself. Blood trickled down his pale face, but he pulled Arnold

me that you

voice was hollow as he allowed himself to be held. The warmth from Asher's embrace was now completely gone. "I admit it, I still love

by your side. Your love for me has lost the purity

You were an enviable pair. It's because of him that I was able to experience such a

Asher's body stiffened.

it's enough, Asher. Let's end it

Bella and Steven arrived,

kneeling, his back hunched, casting a

a step back, overwhelmed by the

her was still alive, but he looked like a ruin, left behind

had asked her all the way there, but she had stayed silent, her

years and had never seen him

wait outside. I need to talk to

but nodded, stepping outside

to her brother, her eyes filling with tears. She kneeled beside him, gathering the scattered roses one by

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