Chapter 339

She yearned for him to appear again.

He was the only one who could save her.

After that, the warm light returned more and more often.

Every time it appeared, Lysander would draw a little closer. Step by step, under Mila's increasingly desperate gaze, he approached-closer and closer-until finally, he stood right in front of her.

Without a moment's hesitation, Mila threw herself at him. She wrapped her arms tightly around him, pressing her face against his, soaking up the warmth and the solid feel of a living, breathing body.

A real person.

She was no longer alone.

The touch sent shivers of relief and joy through her, bringing her to tears. She sobbed, "Say something. Please, Lysander, say something..."

She longed to hear his voice.

Lysander gazed at her quietly, then finally spoke, his voice low and deliberate. "Do you love me?"

The girl who had been clinging to him, kissing his face, running her hands over him-froze. Her eyes went blank with confusion, pain shot through her skull, and tears streamed down her cheeks, but she couldn't say a word.

She had waited so long for his voice, but now that she heard it, she couldn't process what he'd said, couldn't react.

What was she supposed to say?

he pried her legs from around his waist, yanked

door slammed shut behind

swallowed the

"Mila? Mila, wake up!"

eyes fluttered open; her face was wet with tears, her head throbbed as if someone had struck her with a hammer, a relentless buzzing

was

she was in pain-so why was she not afraid? Why did pure happiness bloom somewhere

inside her

gaze. Her cheeks were streaked with tears, but she managed a smile, tried to say she was all right-then pain

consciousness, the sound of her own weeping in her mind rose to a piercing wail, as if screaming

if refusing to

Meanwhile

rough-looking men arrived unexpectedly. At their

out a photograph and asked if the family recognized the woman in

in profile—serene, soft smile, a grace that

Mila.

The man quickly explained that she was his employer's wife, who'd had a falling out with her husband and run away. They were worried about

nodded and told them where Mila had

outside, the leader pulled

Harvey, we've

made him smirk. "Ms. Harvey, I wouldn't recommend making a move just yet. But now we

long as the payment goes through, you'll

the Harvey

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