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

it was “Romeo and Juliet” He was

they practiced their lines in the attic of

would just collapse into the hammock chair and doze

watch her then, much like he did now, as if only when her

rare sparks of joy

along the city’s

knew Agnes was living with Jared now, at Maplewood

and never stopped

up taking Agnes to his high–rise

they bumped into a

during his internship at Hope Hospital

hospital. Though it had been years, Ryder’s

neighbor was Dr. Kermit, the neurology department’s

carrying Agnes, he couldn’t hide his curiosity. Dr.

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