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 and there were also illegal transactions

I had to say. A

up, it meant that things are way more complicated than we think. What are you planning to do

my head. "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 not careful." He gently

happens, I'll be by your side, and we'll find out about the truth together. I'll protect

toughest of hearts into a puddle of goo, but we still had our

could only now see what his intentions are. Well, now that you're back, could you please help me find out about some things?" Sometimes, one would only be able to know their desired truth if they expressed vulnerability at an appropriate time. I

I would be so deeply wounded that I wouldn't be able to find my

isn't just the way it seemed and that everything he had told me was a

after hearing my request. He was silent for a moment like he was

he responded

of the Grayson family's resources to help you find out the

are hidden behind it, I'll expose them and bring them to

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