"I want to be by your side at this moment as I don't want you to face it and bear it alone, do you understand?"
Summer nodded. "But she will get emotional whenever she sees you. You must not appear in front o f her."
"Yes, I can't appear in front of her, but I can in front of you. Open the window if you want to see me."
Her brows were knitted together tightly as she walked over, opened the window, and poked her head out. There she saw the silhouette of a tall guy.
He was wearing the windbreaker he just bought earlier today, leaning against the car, holding a mobile phone with his left hand to his ear and an umbrella in his right. The raindrops falling from the night sky made a constant pitter patter on his umbrella. He was looking up at her, squinting his eyes, as if he was gazing into her soul.
"Are you seeing me?"
"Mm." She could hear the thumping of her heart.
"Can you bear with her?" he asked, his long fingers clenching the phone harder without him consciously knowing.
She used her fingertip to trace his outline. It hurt her." Yes,” she replied.
"Even if you can't, you will persevere for me. You miss me, and you won't give up on me, will you?"
His voice was mixed with the pitter patter of the rain, carrying a hint of dreaminess and confusion, just like how he felt right now. He was afraid that she would buckle under the pressure from her mom and choose t o let go. He was panicking even at this moment.
She heard and understood the pitter patter of the rain and the rising pitch of his slightly trembling voice toward the end of the sentence. Was he scared? He was a graceful yet arrogant man with an inborn sense of dignity in him. Everyone in Santabaca was fearful upon seeing him. But his tone of voice told her that his heart was heavy and humble. Even the surrounding atmosphere became tense and suppressed.
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