Chapter 433

There were a lot of people in the corridor. I began looking from the entrance, and when I reached the deepest end, I saw Colin spacing out with his head lowered. He was in front of

closed doors.

Colin was covered in mud. There were even straws in his hair. His tall frame hunched forward, making him look defeated and despondent like something heavy was crushing his back.

I didn’t know what was on his mind. I stood there for five minutes and he never moved. He

didn’t even notice that I was there.

“Colin,” I called out several feet away from him.

He quickly looked around. When he saw me, his body briefly tensed up. Something appeared in his eyes, but I didn’t catch it. Perhaps he was too worried about the victim, so he failed to notice my appearance earlier.

“What are you doing here?” Colin walked toward me and flashed a tired smile. He wanted to hug me, but when he saw his dirty hands, he decided against it. He pointed at the bench next to the wall and said, “Let’s sit there.”

I were separated by an empty seat. “Sorry, I’m just too

wasn’t overthinking it. It wasn’t something that I made up upon seeing

inches away from each other, but it felt

what happened. Where had the lights in his eyes gone? I traveled all the way here for him because I was

and he could reproach me for being

Colin would be safe and that I was here to take him home. I thought that when he saw me, he’d be over the moon. He’d hug me

completely different. He wasn’t over the moon, and he didn’t hug me. Apart from the moment he saw me, there was only exhaustion and indifference.

were often very perceptive when it came to love and

care of me. Now that he needed help, it was

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after him, not to overthink. He was a kind man. He’d help anyone in need. The woman was his colleague. He couldn’t

Then, I took out a big bag of wet wipes

while, I’d

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