Grace took Ed's hand again and continued walking out.

When she arrived, the manor still had lights on. Now, all of them were dark. Luckily, she still remembered the way out.

Along the way to the manor's gate, she felt a bit puzzled-why had the mysterious owner never appeared?

But she didn't have time to dwell on it. She brought Ed to the car.

There were no streetlights nearby, with only a distant light swaying gently under the eaves.

She placed the magnolia blossoms in the back seat and stepped back to close the door. When doing so, she almost slipped.

Next to her car was a fresh tire mark pressed into the snow.

She steadied herself, opened the driver's door, and saw that Ed had silently taken the passenger seat. His head was lowered, lost in thought.

Grace drove them to the little villa he lived in. As always, only the lamp in the front

of the couch was on, casting light on just one of his hands.

She quietly treated his wound and gently blew on his palm.

"I can't stay with you tonight. You need to rest well on your own, okay?"

"Mm."

obedient made her heart ache even


she still had to deliver the flowers to

breath, she leaned in,

they touched, her

hand wrapped tightly around her

wouldn't be

kisses at the corner of his lips as if

you tomorrow. We'll

"Mm."

got up, and

dark little villa under the night sky,

would take two hours just to drive to Palm

quite out of sorts throughout the drive. When she finally parked outside the gates of Palm Bay, her

surprised to see her and asked,


thought she'd have to wait quietly until dawn, until Ethan's car passed so she could pass him the

hadn't expected the guard to

to deliver flowers to Mr. Henderson. I'm

has

Did he really like magnolias that

with the magnolia blossoms in

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