No Strings Attached

Chapter 164

Chapter 164

lan watched as Grandma Rose dialed his father, but he didn’t concern himself with what she said. He just left, dragging his weary body into the enveloping night.

The darkness grew denser, a blanket of serenity over the land. Only the dim streetlights peppered along the sidewalks, sketching out a lonely, forlorn scene.

He didn’t take his car, just walked alone under the pitch dark sky. The night air was cool, slipping down his collar and chilling his chest with a surprisingly icy touch

Without realizing, he found himself in the alley where he first encountered Clara. The alley was derelict, the walls around him flaking and

dusty.

A few stray cats, startled by his presence, scurried into a comer, their round eyes fixed on him, meowing plaintively, just like Clara back

then

by some thugs, desperately trying to escape, but she had

moist with tears, and her face etched with fear. Her voice quivered as she pleaded for his help, “Save me”

blood seep out, couldn’t stop her tears. Strangely, in her eyes, he saw

concem.

deep in the alley, the memories stabbed at lan’s heart, making each breath

loved him with all she had, but what about him?

deeply but also caused the death of

had called their relationship a fling of passion, not of the heart. He labeled her

didn’t want her anymore, tossing a check at her, telling her to vanish forever.

word he had ever spoken, lan felt as if he was being torn

began to fall, with the icy raindrops landing on

day, Clara descended the stairs to find lan standing there like a statue at the building’s entrance, soaked through. His clothes

held his gaze for a few seconds before taking an umbrella and stepping into her

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