Casting a fleeting gaze towards Millie, Leon pondered the depths of her unwavering determination.

Recalling her prior words, Millie had pledged that were he to save her grandmother, she would vanish from his life forever.

Upon revisiting this sentence, Leon’s fingers coiled into a resolute knot. Up until now, there was no one that could shake his determination, no exception for Millie.

Throughout his lifetime, Aisha’s presence alone held the alchemical touch to tenderize his heart’s armor.

“Julius, let her be. She can kneel for as long as her spirit deems fit,” intoned Leon with tempered authority.

Millie quivered as the ascent of Leon up the staircase culminated in the extinguishing of the lights in his bedroom.

for you to embark on this course. His

her teeth digging into her quivering lower lip, yielded to the cascade of tears, the embodiment of her emotional dam breaking apart. “Were he to

path, an arduous juncture unfurls. Your grandmother rests beneath the aegis of fortune to claim such a devoted grandmother,” conceded Julius with a rueful shake of his head

knees with the floor endured; the sensation of numbness was a prevailed, yet the threshold of Leon’s bedroom persisted in its unyielding closure. Her gaze,

fingers summoned Millie through Teresa’s call, delivering news of her grandmother’s another emergency treatment. Teresa’s counsel echoed,

on a freefall, etching this instant as the zenith

attempt, Millie aspired to regain an upright posture, only to unearth

her to rise, her palms propping against the floor for support. Akin to a vulnerable lamb, her form wavered in contemplation of an escape, ultimately culminating in a graceless collapse, surrendering to the clutches of torment. However, the phoenix in her will resurged, propelling her towards

the door’s threshold, Millie’s fingers found solace within the frame’s embrace, bestowing a backward glance. The bedroom above persisted in its sepulchral seal. A smile, edged with self-derision, graced

abode revealed the frigidity that coursed through his veins with stark

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