I hesitated slightly. Alas, I stood up slowly and allowed myself to be led by Ethan to a bench nearby.

As we sat, I stuttered, "I-I... I don't know where to start."

My voice was very feeble. The night wind seemed to have taken away half of my courage.

"All of these are just too complicated and too much of a mess. I'm starting to doubt if I could even start to untangle this ball of yarn to reveal the truth."

Ethan sat quietly beside me. He didn't rush to interrupt me. He just comforted me silently with his deep, sensual eyes.

"Sometimes, the truth is like a lighthouse in the fog. It might be far away and blurry, but as long as we have the courage and determination, we could eventually make our way toward it, one step at a time."

I lowered my head. My hands balled into fists, my nails dug deep into the palm of my hands but it was like I couldn't feel pain at all.

Compared to the struggles and pain in my heart, I felt like the discomfort in my physical body was so ignorable in comparison.

art gallery was just a smokescreen... It was hiding a greater secret behind it

I had to say. A flash of emotions fleeted in

aren't entirely believable. Since he brought those up, it meant that things are way more complicated than we think.

"I don't know. I feel like I've been sucked into a whirlpool with underlying currents all around me that would suck me in if I'm

the truth together. I'll protect you so you won't be hurt anymore." I lifted my head

I was before. Some love could melt the toughest

out about some things?" Sometimes, one would only be able to know their desired truth if they expressed vulnerability at an appropriate time. I knew I couldn't do all

me, and make sure I would be so deeply wounded that I wouldn't be

the way it seemed and that everything he had told me was a lie. You

darkened after hearing my request. He was silent for

responded slowly

his tone. "Of course. I'll use all of the Grayson family's resources to help you find out the truth of

behind it, I'll expose them and bring

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