Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 457

"Phoebe..."

Colin was terrified by my self-harm, aware that it was my way of protesting against those shadowy figures observing me from afar.

But the last thing he wanted was for me to hurt myself.

He would rather have a Phoebe who was blissfully unaware and amnesiac than the Phoebe who was fully conscious... at least she'd be carefree.

That's why... after all these years of my memory loss, Colin preferred to suffer in silence, protecting me from the shadows, never daring to come close. He feared that seeing him might trigger my memories of our shared past.

He feared plunging me back into a hellish existence.

He wanted to save me.

He could only watch, helplessly, as I fell for someone else, never daring to come close...

The agony he must have felt.

It had to be a hundred times worse than mine.

To watch the person you love forget you and fall for someone else.

"Phoebe... look at me, please, just look at me," Colin's voice seemed so distant.

He begged me, his voice trembling, pleading for me to look into his eyes.

His eyes, deep blue like the night sky or the vast ocean...

I had once hoped to drown in those eyes of his, where death wouldn't be a punishment, but my escape.

Unfortunately.

was as if I was cursed,

"Phoebe."

me back home, and we hid

close, whispering, "Phoebe, we're going to

escape?" I

question when I was eighteen, begging him

"No more running..."

said, no more

was eighteen, Colin had promised me we could, we definitely could

But we failed.

power and influence

Colin

no more

were our nightmare, and we

reached up to

hands to

kissing, struggling to breathe,

the corners of my eyes, tenderly wiping away the tears on my

was asking

agree,

during our awkward adolescence, it was the age of hormonal collisions and surges.

sensations of desire.

kissing like this

the

willing; anything else is a

then, Colin seemed easily swayed by

he could restrain

could control his instincts and

trapped in a cage,

nature, then resisting that nature for