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

thugs, desperately trying to escape, but she had run into

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

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

concem.

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

him with all

hurt her deeply but also caused the death

passion, not of the heart. He labeled

want her anymore, tossing a check at her, telling her to

spoken, lan felt as if he was being torn

fall, with the icy raindrops landing on lan’s sharply

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

his gaze for a few seconds before taking

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