Chapter 414

Rain pelted the car windows relentlessly. Looking out, the world seemed draped in an otherworldly mist, bizarre and elusive.

I chuckled lightly, “So, when is this expert you mentioned arriving in Vista

Town?”

Bryant replied, “Day after tomorrow, I

“Alright.”

guess.”

I nodded, my hand reaching for the car door handle. “Then, I’ll be off.”

“Let me walk you out.”

“No need, my car’s just over there.”

“I insist.”

His words took me by surprise, but then I saw him reaching for an umbrella on the passenger seat and understood his intention.

With a black, long–handled umbrella, he braved the curtain of rain around the car, opening the door for me. “Let’s go.”

Water had pooled along the sides of the road, making our footsteps unusually

distinct.

my car. As I opened the door and got in, I noticed he was soaked on one side. I didn’t

I shut the door with a thud, started

there under the umbrella, watching the direction of my car intently. But

who loves deeply yet can let go completely. When in love, I desire it

Bryant stood in the rain

what Jane felt each time he left her behind. A suffocating discomfort

in mud, but he barely noticed. All he could focus on was the reluctance in

back to his own

“Yeah, the usual spot?”

“Mhm.”

“Got it.”

excused himself from a drinking session and called a ride to

He numbed the pain of Jane’s death with alcohol and cigarettes while still on his bipolar medication. But he never dared mention it directly, remembering a friend who did

never found. Bryant refused to accept her death. He continued to prepare extravagant gifts for their anniversary and Valentine’s

how drunk, he insisted on being taken back to LunarLakeBay Villas, the house he and Jane shared.

the table was already laden with an assortment of drinks – foreign, domestic, beers, spirits. Bryant raised his glass in

he downed it in

clicking his tongue, “You called me over to watch you drink yourself into a

pouring another

YA

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Chapter 414

when you and

don’t start with

expected him to dig up old wounds right away and quickly changed the subject.

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