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 was against the idea of being overly intimate with the man, I couldn’t help but remind myself that he was the one who

sprinted out of the car and stood at the entrance,

regained consciousness. Apart from our last intimate interaction in

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

“Have you recalled anything?”

question snapped me out of my train of

noticed that he had moved to come right next

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

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

the house’s furniture was made out

way to a spacious room on the first floor. In the room sat a huge window with a

but when I

I was glad to be away from the ward full of the lingering scent of antiseptic, I was beginning to feel afraid of the

to be aware of my concerns. He quickly stated, “I’ll be staying right next door. Call me if you need anything. We’ll talk about everything else once you have gotten used

of relief and grew

Smiling, I replied, “Okay.”

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