Chapter 820

Back in high school, everyone thought Agnes was Ryder’s girl

During that time his buddies would always bring her up in conversation

It seemed like they were hell bent on playing matchmaker, pairing them up at every turn.

Looking back, Ryder recalls that period as sweet, yet tumultuous.

It felt like a fleeting happiness that he couldn’t quite grasp

Ryder always felt that his joy, both then and now, was borrowed stolen, even

He opened the door to his apartment not leading Agnes to the bedroom, but instead tidying up the couch to lay her down

mumbled

sit up to take a sip. But as she drank, she vomited, right there on

heart. He knew she couldn’t handle her liquor, yet he had watched her drink one

reason Ryder hadn’t stopped her was simple he had missed her too much. But in her sober moments, they couldn’t be

Agnes in discomfort, he

made hangover tea, and fed it

scrubbed the carpet in the bathroom until it was spotless and took care of the mess on the floor. By the time he finished,

sound asleep on the couch, looking utterly adorable

to a five–year–old her face still held the

from the girl

handed him a bottle of water, her smile bright as sunshine, ‘Hey, Ryder..”

had replayed these memories over and over through the years, each time feeling an

he had been braver back then and confessed his feelings for Agnes

not be as they

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