Chapter 414

Rain pelted the car windows relentlessly. Looking out, the world seemed draped in an otherworldly mist, bizarre and elusive.

I chuckled lightly, “So, when is this expert you mentioned arriving in Vista

Town?”

Bryant replied, “Day after tomorrow, I

“Alright.”

guess.”

I nodded, my hand reaching for the car door handle. “Then, I’ll be off.”

“Let me walk you out.”

“No need, my car’s just over there.”

“I insist.”

His words took me by surprise, but then I saw him reaching for an umbrella on the passenger seat and understood his intention.

With a black, long–handled umbrella, he braved the curtain of rain around the car, opening the door for me. “Let’s go.”

Water had pooled along the sides of the road, making our footsteps unusually

distinct.

car. As I opened the door and got in, I

with a thud, started the car, and pressed down on

standing there under the umbrella, watching

completely. When in love, I desire it to be

car, Bryant stood in the rain for a long

time he left her behind. A suffocating discomfort gripped

by, covering him in mud, but he barely noticed. All he could focus on was the reluctance in his gaze.

disappeared did Bryant slowly make his way back to his own vehicle. He

usual

“Mhm.”

“Got it.”

from a drinking session and called a ride to their

years, Bryant, who used to have no vices, now indulged in smoking and drinking privately. He numbed the pain of Jane’s death with alcohol and cigarettes while still on his bipolar medication. But

prepare extravagant gifts for their anniversary and Valentine’s Day as before. He visited Jane’s adoptive parents‘ graves

the house he and Jane shared. The media jested that Mr. Ferguson was

assortment of

it in one

to him, clicking his tongue, “You called me over to watch you drink yourself into a hospital visit?”

cracked a wry smile, pouring another drink. “Who took you

YA

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Chapter 414

when you and Christine broke

don’t start with

wounds right away and quickly changed the subject. “So, what’s up? The doctor you found for her, she’s not going for it?”

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