Chapter 2269

The white roses were now stained with crimson drops of blood.

"Let's end this." A few simple words, spoken so softly, shattered Asher's ironclad heart, leaving it in pieces too broken to even look at.

"Arnold... I won't let you leave me!" Asher trembled from head to toe. A storm unlike any other was raging in his usually composed eyes. "I know who I love! You were never anyone's substitute! Arnold. Don't leave me... I won't let you leave me!"

Asher was terrified, more than he had ever been.

Tears flowed as he begged, then he turned desperate, doing whatever he could to keep Arnold. He would try anything and accept anything, as long as the person he loved did not leave him again.

Asher had barely survived the first time. A second time would drive him to madness.

Asher's breath grew harsh, his reddened eyes filled with obsession. He opened his arms, desperate to embrace the man who was falling apart in front of him. As he leaned in, a sharp pain tore through his left eye. "Don't touch me!"

Arnold, overwhelmed and out of control, had grabbed another rose, its sharp stem slashing across Asher's left eye.

Luckily, Asher had closed his eyes just a second before, or the rose stem would have cut his eyeball, possibly even blinding him.

at the deep cut running across Asher's eye. For a moment,

hands trembled violently, wanting to reach out and care for him. But he forced himself to hold back. With a hoarse voice, he said,

himself. Blood trickled down his pale face, but he

that you won't

completely gone. "I admit it, I

else every day by

enviable pair. It's because of him that I was able to experience such

Asher's body stiffened.

enough, Asher. Let's end

arrived, Arnold

empty room, Asher's tall figure remained kneeling, his back hunched,

she took a step back,

of her was still alive, but he

Mr. Thompson and Dr. Larson?" Steven had asked her all

Asher for years

Bella steadied herself. "Steve, wait outside.

but nodded, stepping

She kneeled beside him, gathering the scattered roses one

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