Chapter 164


    The darkness grew denser, a nket of serenity over thend. Only the dim streetlights peppered


    along the sidewalks, sketching out a lonely, forlorn scene.


    He didn’t take his car, just walked alone under the pitch dark sky. The night air was cool, slipping


    down his cor and chilling his chest with a surprisingly icy touch


    Without realizing, he found himself in the alley where he first encountered ra. The alley was


    derelict, the walls around him king and


    dusty.


    A few stray cats, startled by his presence, scurried into aer, their round eyes fixed on him,


    meowing intively, just like ra back


    then


    She’d beenered by some thugs, desperately trying to escape, but she had run into a dead


    end.


    And in her darkest moment, she saw him. Her eyes were moist with tears, and her face etched with


    fear. Her voice quivered as she pleaded for his help, “Save me” The sound was so fragile that it


    pierced his heart with a searing pain.


    He saved her, but he got stabbed in the thigh. ra, watching his blood seep out, couldn’t stop her


    tears. Strangely, in her eyes, he saw


    concem.


    Standing deep in the alley, the memories stabbed atn’s heart, making each breath feel like


    agony.


    For three years, ra loved him with all she had, but what about him?


    He had not only hurt her deeply but also caused the death of their child.


    He had called their rtionship a fling of passion, not of the heart. Hebeled her his sugar baby.


    He told her he didn’t want her anymore, tossing a check at her, telling her to vanish forever.


    Recalling every word he had ever spoken,n felt as if he was being torn apart from the inside. He


    wished he could slice off his own tongue.


    Underneath the sky, a drizzle began to fall, with the icy raindropsnding onn’s sharply defined


    face.


    The next day, ra descended the stairs to findn standing there like a statue at the building’s


    entrance, soaked through. His clothes clung to his strong, upright frame. He stood there in the


    pouring rain, his gaze heavy with sorrow as he watched ra.


    She held his gaze for a few seconds before taking an umbre and stepping into her car.


    “ra,” his voice hoarse with desperation.


    He hurried after her but was blocked by Ryker. “What are you doing? Haven’t you caused Ms. ra


    enough pain? Get lost. What’s with the pretense of affection here? Ever heard the saying ‘there’s no


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    Ryker shovedn aside and got into the car himself.n chased after them, pounding on the


    passenger window, his eyes red as he stared at ra.


    “ra, pleasee back. Let’s start over, get married, and have as many kids as you want. Just


    come back, and I’ll agree to anything.”


    Hearing these words, ra’s eyes stung unbearably. How many children could she even hope for


    now?


    She lowered the window, handingn an umbre, her voice t. n, it’s toote. What’s lost can


    never be retrieved. Go home.”


    With that, she raised the window and signaled to drive off.


    Watching the car disappear from his sight,n’s vision blurred. He couldn’t tell if it was the rain or


    his tears. He turned vanishing from ra’s world for good.


    walked away,


    Just when ra thought she could live in peace, her phone rang. It was Dawson. “Attorney ra,


    Mr. Hayes has had an incident.”