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…”

help but remind myself that he was the one who loved me wholeheartedly and stayed with me through thick and

I sprinted out of the car and stood at the

regained consciousness. Apart from our last intimate interaction in the hospital, I couldn’t get used

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

“Have you recalled anything?”

out of

I noticed that he had moved to come right next

my shoulders and replied with a self-deprecating smirk, “Nah,

way into the house. “It’s fine. Let’s take it

of retrospective items. A majority of the house’s furniture was made out of wood. A phonograph could be seen in the middle of the living room, giving the entire house a touch

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

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

to be away from the ward full of the lingering scent of antiseptic, I was beginning to feel afraid of the intimate session between Marcus and I that was about

next door. Call me

immediately felt a sense of relief and grew even fonder of

Smiling, I replied, “Okay.”

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