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

“Romeo

their lines

would just collapse into the hammock chair and doze

like he did now, as if only when

were rare sparks of joy in his life–a celebration of

the city’s elevated roads, with no clear destination

with Jared now, at Maplewood Manor

twice, and never stopped But in the

Agnes to his high–rise apartment

elevator, they bumped into

internship at Hope Hospital

mainly occupied by former colleagues from the hospital. Though it had been years,

Dr. Kermit, the neurology department’s former

curiosity.

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