Instinctively, Millie picked up the mask lying on the nearby chair and secured it in place.

“You don’t need to wear that around me.”

He felt the need to remove her mask for her face to breathe freely. No matter how altered her appearance, he assured her that he would never disdain her.

Millie hesitated momentarily, then proceeded to put on the mask.

“No matter how you look, I won’t look down on you,” Marcus affirmed.

Millie arched an eyebrow, asking, “Really?”

A nod of agreement came from Marcus.

warmth washed over

know, I’ll have to delay my return by a few more days. I need to wait for my allergy symptoms to improve before I can take my grandma back to the countryside.

challenging journey back to the rural

take your

asserting, “I want to be the one to accompany my grandma back. Only when I know she’s comfortably

her life, the person she had fought hard to bring back from the brink. Only once she had ensured

to the countryside to live a simple life by her

the matter any further, silently

“Marcus, Millie.”

from behind, and the two turned to find Bruce approaching, a bottle

gaze on Bruce, his dark eyes narrowing

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