Chapter 1230:

“It hurts when I touch it.”

He couldn’t fathom why he had lied. He knew once she softened, she would gravitate back toward him.

Laney sat up, her fingers dipping into the ointment, and tenderly applied it to his wound.

The cool, acrid scent of the ointment filled the air around them.

Cliff observed her reddened eyes and nose, thought of her crying in secret, and felt a pang in his heart.

“Laney, let’s revert to how things were,” he proposed, his voice deep and resonant.

“Back to three years ago, before you had feelings for me. Being involved with me invites numerous challenges and rumors. I can’t stand to see you suffer because of them.”

Laney paused.

“Is it really my suffering you can’t bear, or is it that you can’t bring yourself to love me?”

tightly together, and he remained silent.

a knock sounded at the

there?” Juliet’s voice

realization that Juliet was

After a brief exchange with Laney, he strode to answer the

to reveal Juliet, now draped in Cliff’s black shirt — a sight that

the latest stories

squeezed her eyes shut against the pain and burrowed under

he held his tongue in Laney’s presence and quietly pulled

Juliet chuckled.

in here. Did I interrupt

Cliff’s words

“Go change.”

anything else here. What did you

someone bring you proper clothes,” Cliff replied, reaching for his phone with swift

want your cousin to give up

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