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.

him

your

looked down, his hands tenderly caressing her hair, but

seemed to

she said, “Mark, it’s been

change, and

no longer

I wouldn’t be here with

always come at a cost,

face softened into

to console or persuade

nibbled at his

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do better than

the back of her head, not allowing

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