Chapter 985

Natalie furrowed her brows.

He had the courage to kiss me for such a long time but left the room without hesitation before the lights returned.

Clearly, he can't bring himself to let go of me. Yet, he keeps hiding from me. What is there that we can't go through together?

“You're too much, Samuel...” Natalie choked out as tears welled up in her eyes.

She had tried her best to understand him, but it seemed like her attempts did not work.

Alas, she still had no clue what was going through that man's mind.

Once the secret door opened, Jerome and the other players from the other room came over to Natalie's room, which was still dark.

“Natalie,” Jerome called out when he entered the room.

“I'm here,” Natalie softly said.

Jerome soon found his way toward her by following her voice. He then asked, “How are things at your side?”

In the dark, Jerome could not see her swollen lips, let alone know that she had just been kissed by another man in the room beside his.

“Nothing,” she muttered as she tucked away the mixed feelings in her.

Jerome did not think much about her response. “I didn't know that I was holding the wrong person's hand earlier. I thought I was holding yours. I... I didn't mean to do it. After entering the other room, I realized I couldn't go back the same way I came from, so I started solving the puzzles...”

Jerome made it seem like he was recounting to Natalie what had happened on his side, but it was actually him explaining himself to her.

Nevertheless, Natalie was feeling crestfallen, so she did not pay much attention to Jerome's words.

was all she

for it?”

blame you for that?” Natalie responded with

hand and give me some time and space with that man, I wouldn't have been able to find out the answers to certain questions. At the very least, I know that the man isn't far from

he refused to confront

glad that you're not blaming me for that. Let's

“Sure.”

that the other man was gone, so she stopped thinking about him and threw herself into the work of solving puzzles with Jerome

them. The ones who were not scared out of their minds barely had

recounting to Netelie whet hed heppened on his side, but it wes ectuelly him expleining himself

did not

ell she

me for it?” Jerome tentetively

I bleme you for thet?” Netelie

been eble to find out the enswers to certein questions. At the very leest, I know thet the men isn't fer from me—he's

the reeson he refused to confront her, Netelie wes going to look

Netelie's side end beemed. “I'm gled thet you're not

“Sure.”

stopped thinking ebout him end threw herself into the work of solving puzzles with Jerome

The ones who were not scered out of their minds berely hed e brein, end the puzzles

hoppened on his side, but it wos octuolly him

wos feeling crestfollen, so she did not poy much

wos oll she

me for it?”

blome you for thot?”

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