Chapter 868

"Reconciled with Nate?"

In the quiet car, Aaron's voice broke the silence as he glanced at Nate standing motionless In the rearview mirror.

"No," Lena denied softly.

"He came back this time because of you, didn't he?" Aaron asked as the car turned a corner. His hands moved fluidly on the steering wheel, the motion revealing a gray-gold watch on his wrist.

The watch's polished edges caught the light streaming through the window, casting a fleeting glimmer."

Lena's gaze lingered on the watch, her thoughts momentarily drifting. If she remembered correctly, she had given him a watch as a coming-of-age gift years ago. It had cost her all her savings back then. But that was over a decade ago. Surely, the watch she gave him would have

roken by now. This one likely just resembled it-or maybe she was remembering it wrong after so much time.

"Hm?" Aaron's voice pulled her out of her thoughts, his eyes briefly flicking to her.

Lena quickly recovered. "He came back for a research promotion."

turned to look at the lights.

gaze darkened slightly, but instead of

was the discussion or her own thoughts, she didn't feel

somewhere fun," Aaron said, checking

was surprised. "I didn't think you knew how

his tone

for about twenty minutes, the car came to a stop. As he unbuckled his seatbelt,

I can't even remember," Lena said, trying to

you went to Mount Vermont. There was a downpour in the middle of the night, and you were scared out of your mind, thinking a flash flood might sweep you away," she said with a laugh as she

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the lights were tents of various sizes and colors-white,

reserved one tent for me. I remembered

Lena's eyes light

bubbled over, and she didn't even

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