Before that, he had visited her grandmother at the hospital daily, fostering a sense that her grandma was also his.

After those visits, he would follow her back to the rental apartment and stay there.

“Yes, I’ve been quite occupied.”

“What have you been busy with?”

Following a brief pause, Millie wondered if her curiosity was getting the best of her.

“Have you grown accustomed to life without me?” Marcus gazed at her, his lips curving into a smile.

combined with the fragrance of tulips, created an unexpectedly

of unease flickered in her eyes, and

I was just asking. Don’t read too much

truth, she was genuinely

her distance from him? Yet, during these days without seeing him, it felt

steps later, a warm

felt a mixture of happiness and shyness. After a moment, she withdrew her hand from his

caused Marcus

at his arm and inquired,

much force, so how had

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