Tonight, the moonlight scattered a silvery-white glow across the ground.

The night breeze stirred, casting shadows that swayed outside the window.

Asher lowered his eyelashes, holding a cross in his hand as he stood devotedly before the altar, praying.

Since his lover's passing, he has performed this ritual daily, seeking self-redemption and repenting for his sins.

Countless times, he did it all for himself.

But now, as he stood once again before the altar, he could no longer see his own heart clearly.

Confusion and a sense of helplessness engulfed him.

With a long sigh, Asher turned around.

Just then, the church's grand doors burst open.

The next moment, a slender, graceful figure with fox-like eyes shimmering with mist stepped in, breaking through the desolate twilight and crashing into his gaze.

"Ash..."

Arnold stood alone in the hallway as the cold wind pierced his thin frame. Tears welled up in his narrow eyes. "You came all the way here to look for me... Why didn't you wait a little longer? Would it have killed you to wait a bit longer?"

Asher's heart jolted.

He froze. An unbearable emotion started burning fiercely in his bloodshot eyes.

"You idiot... Do you know how hard I've been searching for you?"

"I lost my phone... I dared not go to the KS Group's building to see you. I didn't dare go to Yara Park

choked whisper. "But...

said the

carefree, unrestrained Arnold who arrived from Meridan back then. He was so free-spirited

what had reduced him to this

between the Thompson and Larson families? Or was it Asher's own ambivalence, his wavering indecision, and the cruelty that had extinguished the rekindled flame of

Arnold's tear-soaked face, his heart aching as

your back from afar the last time I saw you standing under my window, I was so scared that it would be the last

tears. "But how could that be... I want to be with you. I

"Dr. Larson."

as he spoke, his words stiff as if he were speaking for the first time, "This is a church. Please don't say such things that go against God's will." "But I've already said it! If there really is

forward

steps, jabbing his fingers hard

compared to you? If there's retribution, then bring it on! If the sky falls, I'll hold it up for you... If we go

his eyes

not feel the pain

he felt the warm embrace of a man radiating

the embrace he had

shirt, Asher's hand around his waist was burning

large hands covering Arnold's sweat-drenched

him, but his whole body ached too much to even lift his arms. "Seeing you makes

father and brother must

me right now. Once I step foot in

under the Thompsons, they'lb

hold of

man's shirt, shaking his

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