Agnes cheeks were flushed, like two clouds ablaze with the setting sun.

She fidgeted in her seat, mumbling to herself in a restless undertone

Chapter 819

After Ryder got into the car, he managed not without difficulty, to buckle her into the seatbelt.

But he didn’t just start the car and drive away Instead, he turned to study her face intently

It felt like ages since hed allowed himself such a luxury in the past, he never dared to gaze at her so openly After all these years, he always felt shackled, and each stolen glance was a secret treasure

To be honest Ryder was tired of that feeling. He was tired of lurking in the shadows, aching for the sunlight. It was blinding, it hurt, but he couldn’t bring himself to settle in the dark corners where light never reached

He didn’t know how long he watched her. Memories flooded back as he looked at her face–most from their school days

they rehearsed a play together it was “Romeo

lines

just collapse into the

her then, much like he did now, as if only when her eyes were closed could

those moments were rare sparks of joy in his

along the city’s

living with Jared

it twice, and never stopped But in the

taking Agnes to his

bumped into

rented during his internship

the hospital. Though it had been years, Ryder’s return had rekindled old acquaintances. After sharing a meal. they

Dr. Kermit, the neurology department’s former anesthesiologist

curiosity. Dr.

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