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.”

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

distance between us. I wasn’t overthinking it. It wasn’t something that I made up upon seeing him with another woman. It

other, but it felt greater than

gone? I traveled all the way

by it, and he could reproach me for being reckless. But why was he reacting so indifferently?

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

He wasn’t over the moon, and he didn’t hug me. Apart from the

perceptive when it came to love and

Colin must have been too tired and I should be more understanding. He had always taken care of me. Now that he needed help, it was my turn to look after him. I should stop overthinking things. I shouldn’t let trivial matters affect

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was his colleague. He couldn’t just leave

took out a big bag of

stayed silent and let me clean him. Once in a while, I’d lift my

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