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

been comered by some thugs, desperately trying to escape, but she had run into a dead end.

tears, and her face etched with fear. Her voice quivered as she pleaded for

got stabbed in the thigh. Clara, watching his blood seep out, couldn’t stop her tears. Strangely, in her eyes, he

concem.

the memories stabbed at lan’s heart, making each

loved him with all she had, but what about

deeply but also caused the

called their relationship a fling of passion, not

her anymore, tossing a check at

ever spoken, lan felt as if he was being torn apart from the inside. He wished he could slice off his

a drizzle began to fall, with the icy raindrops landing

day, Clara descended the stairs to find lan standing there like a statue at the building’s entrance, soaked through. His clothes clung to his strong, upright frame. He stood there in

before taking an umbrella and stepping into her car.

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