Chapter 2040

After some time, he stepped out, carrying an empty plate.

The night wasn’t deep yet.

Inside, Cecilia and the kids were present, but Mark found solitude on the balcony, the night wind his silent companion.

An urge to smoke rose within him, but his health wouldn’t permit it.

Never had he felt more acutely the changes time brought; he had lost much, while Cecilia seemed to continually gain.

The other night, Cecilia had finally called him “Uncle Mark” once again, but they were no longer who they used to be.

He let the cool breeze alleviate his troubled thoughts.

The sound of the glass door sliding open then gently closing snapped him out of his reverie.

Cecilia stood there.

Fresh from a shower, clad in a black silk robe, her long hair cascading over her shoulders, she appeared Like a night-blooming rose.

embraced him from

on your mind?”

and looked down, his hands tenderly caressing

to

“Mark, it’s been eight years since we’ve

and so

no longer that

wouldn’t be here

come at

face softened

trying to console or

playfully nibbled at his Adam’s

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a bit of

can do better

grasped the back of her head, not allowing her to

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