As I thought about it, I turned around and looked at Marcus next to me.

As compared to the indifferent man from before, Marcus, who was gentle and kind, seemed to be the perfect candidate for me to spend the rest of my life with.

After a moment, Marcus opened his mouth, feeling awkward under my stare. He asked, “Why are you looking at me?”

I shrugged and replied with a smile, “It’s nothing. I just think you’re a reliable man.”

Marcus’s eyes flickered at my compliment. He seemed surprised by the compliment that had come out of nowhere. “I see…”

We soon pulled over in front of the gate of the White residence.

“We’re home.” After Marcus made sure the car was switch off, he leaned over to unfasten the seatbelt on my behalf.

I subconsciously inched away from him, not used to such an overly intimate interaction. “I can unfasten it myself.”

Marcus stared at me wide-eyed before returning to his seat. “O-Okay…”

I couldn’t help but remind myself that he was

mind almost drove me nuts. I sprinted out of the car and stood at the entrance, trying to catch my

from our last intimate interaction in the hospital, I couldn’t get used to it

feeling had morphed into an instinctive response to the extent I couldn’t stand him anywhere near

“Have you recalled anything?”

question snapped me out of my

I noticed that he had moved to

with a self-deprecating smirk, “Nah,

the house. “It’s fine. Let’s take

theme and was furnished with all sorts of retrospective items. A majority of the house’s furniture was made out of wood. A phonograph could be

spacious room on the first floor. In the room sat a huge window with a wound-up curtain that allowed

be in the room with such a comfortable setting, but when I saw the spacious bed in the middle of the room, I felt

the lingering scent of antiseptic, I was beginning to feel afraid of the intimate session between

Call me if

felt a sense of relief and grew even

Smiling, I replied, “Okay.”

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