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e you staring at
owded plaza, the name car
d looked through the tin
e enormous billboard was all it
vi
ride, chosen for him throu
ad exactly the same features, and even our s
was practically a death sentence. People
rightful heir and raised in the public eye, while my existence was wiped from t
er was two years earlier, durin
gazed toward the main building, which
nd the backyard. But I was determined to catch a glimps
e to see me since his
the guards, and crept into the second-floor hallway, wher
all as the guests lifted their glasses in a toast to
fectly fitted suit, wearing
e expression was nothi
y entire life. No one could
n obligation-a tiresome formality he ha
hand, was a complet
iled gracefully over the carpet, and
her chin and beamed without the slightest
sharply with her lively warmth, yet somehow,
the room was
in my life that I had
was
ly pure, and our fa
he one who got
o accept the life
hidden from the world. If Adrian had the family's army at h
I had taken over the unde
l auto workshop when I caught
st met her was gone, but she remained every bit a
was fresh and pure. The moment it reached me, the agitated black w
had taken quite
efore long, she lost sight
ance on my motorcycle, makin
ight into a back alley, utterly unaware that it was a w
soon came roaring into the alley on thei
alked right into a d
curious to see how a pampered rich girl like her w
nce, I watched her retreat in terror. Her f
here, trembling like a lamb before the sl
imbed down, and approached her with a revolting grin, reaching out
owlife think he was, pu
. The rear wheel skidded as I swept across the alley, bringin
her back against the wall, gripping her shopping ba
, like those of a frightened ra
her before the group's leader stormed towa
sement disappear
nly in human society. Fortunately, handling a handfu
o way I was going to let
and turned his attention to her, I purposely dropped my g
s fled, an eerie silence
aight to my side, anxiously asking whether I was hurt whi
strap beneath my chin, a
ent completely still, as though a
urt, dis
ng emotions flickered
a long, painful pause, she finally managed to wh
ri
staken me
en a strange, almost wicked s
ing ready to burst into tears, suddenly came back to me. I understood im
e affection, dismissing her feeling
peared as the one person who had rescued
t an intriguing
lace like this, I might as
ough me under control, concealing every dar
s except for the faint breeze brushing the
usual distant expression, though I deliberately s
le and offered it to her. "Why don't you come
ike this was n
lf get stabbed in the shoulder just t
proper reason to spend th
ted to the spot, visibly flustered
th an awkward expression. "All right, I'll come... But it's only b
uiet laugh from me be
catch her off guard. She stared at m
iou
r bothered to smile a
r really was a
rked perfectl
aid. "Once I've had this wound tre
and settled it over her head. "W
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