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?"

building to see you. I didn't dare go to Yara Park to see you... I didn't dare to contact anyone from your family or my aunt... I was afraid of causing you trouble. I was afraid of being a

out as a choked whisper. "But... I was even

many times had he said the word

who arrived from Meridan back then. He was so free-spirited and

reduced him

it Asher's own ambivalence, his wavering indecision, and the cruelty that had extinguished the

stared unblinkingly at Arnold's tear-soaked face, his heart aching as if

looked at your back from afar the last time I saw you standing under my window, I was so

could that be... I want to be with you. I want

"Dr. Larson."

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

staggered forward

steps, jabbing his

chest. "It hurts so much here. I don't care about the Larson family or divine retribution... What do those things matter 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 to hell, I'll go with you!

eyes and

he did not feel

the warm embrace of a

was the embrace he had

shirt, Asher's hand around his

exclaimed, his large hands covering

arms. "Seeing you makes everything better..." Asher gritted his

father and

now. Once I step foot

under the Thompsons, they'lb

get hold of

man's shirt, shaking his head

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