Chapter 85 Lover (I)

Before discarding her phone, Lily Parker saw that there were over a dozen missed calls and a text message. Julian Sterling never texted; he found it bothersome. Yet, he had sent one – "Do you really think you can start over together?"

Such a piercing question. What had they done wrong, after all? They had merely fallen in love.

Still, she wanted to believe in Ethan Hart, to gamble once more with fate.

Ethan took her to a property not registered in his name, located in a modest neighborhood outside of Lorehaven. It was a simple one-living room, two-bedrooms apartment. He always planned meticulously; everything they needed for living was there, except there was no phone, no television, and no internet connection. The two of them were like a couple isolated from the world, content just to quietly be with each other.

After her bath, Lily came out to find Ethan leaning against the door, his profile thin and his eyes betraying a hint of fatigue. She thought he must be truly exhausted.