Chapter 839:

He did not look up. “The shards might cut you.”

She immediately understood what he meant.

He was… trying to protect her?

Her throat tightened.

Her eyes burned with the sting of unshed tears. She watched his crouched figure, hands carefully collecting the sharp fragments. A part of her wanted to scoff—to call his concern a performance. But the sight of him like that—quiet, unflinching, real—left her stunned, her defenses cracking.

The door banged open, making her flinch.

“Linsey!” Dolores’ voice rang out. She stopped short at the doorway.

Behind her, Dustin froze mid-step.

the same scene. Collin was silently

Dustin rushed over. “This isn’t something you should be handling yourself. Just let someone else take

wrapped the glass shards in thick paper. Without looking up, he

say more, but with everything going on,

he held back and gave Dustin

Finish reading at ⲅ𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅⧼⩽𝗰𝗈𝗺

in surprise. “Huh? We’re just

rare for Collin

couldn’t understand why he was leaving

go,” Collin repeated, his voice

he turned and walked

looked at Dolores, unsure. But in the end,

gone, Dustin knew it wasn’t right for him to stay

fell quiet, with

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