Despite Pierre's casual tone, Selena was aware that he was glossing over a lot of details out of guilt; he just didn't want to worry her. She could hardly picture him clinging to life in a foreign land. God knew how he managed to cheat death and what it was that pushed him to come back to life.

“Selena, our life will be smooth-sailing from now on. There will be no more turbulence in the future.”

I sure hope so, Selena thought.

Meanwhile, in Cloud Top Studio. Although Douglas got shot, he already recovered from the nonlethal wound. After that, he returned to where he belonged to continue working on his music. He was relieved that Pierre had returned, but he was too embarrassed to go find him.

Sounds of footsteps could be heard when he was writing a new song. Assuming that it was Phoebe, he lifted his head, only to find out it was Pierre who dropped by. "Pierre?" Douglas blurted out, only to avert his gaze right away. After all, he didn't think they were that close anymore now that they no longer had ties to each other.

Pierre walked up to him right away. "Did you look away after calling my name because you felt guilty for doing something that might've disappointed me?"

"I'm sorry." Douglas dared not even lift his head. Upon being discharged from the hospital, he merely dropped by Selena's ward to check on her. When he knew she managed to survive the ordeal without suffering a miscarriage, he left without greeting her. He didn't feel worthy of even seeing her.

"I didn't come here today to thank you, nor am I here to hold you accountable. While I do owe you my gratitude for taking a bullet for Selena, all of that happened in the first place because of your foolishness." Looking at his feet, Douglas dared not even lift his head.

weakness. He assumed that Douglas' departure could trigger him to mature and grow. With Douglas'

threatened you with Selena's life. However, it's not that hard to solve the crisis if you were braver, but you chose to side with the villains even though you knew it

had nothing to say in his own defense in the face of

you could have even come

"I'm sorry..."

hearing that, Pierre grabbed Douglas by the collar, lifting him up. "What use is there in apologizing?

If Selena had died,

even

would be sufficient

soon as Pierre said

a man, so stop shedding

sorry, Pierre. I'm a total disappointment

don't want to

as he slowly let

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