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?"

barely holding back. However, as soon as he saw his beloved, tears flowed uncontrollably. "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 to see you... I didn't dare to contact anyone from your family or my aunt...

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

he said the word "afraid" in

recalled the carefree, unrestrained Arnold who arrived from

now, what had reduced him

was it Asher's own ambivalence, his wavering indecision, and the cruelty that had extinguished the rekindled flame of desire for

unblinkingly at Arnold's tear-soaked face, his heart

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

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

"Dr. Larson."

dry 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

staggered forward

his

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,

eyes and collapsed to

did not feel the pain

felt the warm embrace of a man

embrace he had searched for a

thin shirt, Asher's hand around his waist was

large hands covering Arnold's sweat-drenched forehead, finding it

makes everything better..." Asher gritted his teeth. "Stop fooling around! You have

father and brother must

me right now. Once I step foot in any hospital, even

under the Thompsons, they'lb

get hold of

tightly clutched the man's shirt, shaking his head

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