Nichs was in the car making arrangements for a flight when Ms. Garder Informed him that Daniel had been rushed to the emergency room.


    Earlier this moming. Daniel''s heart rate had skyrocketed from a fit of rage after Nichs angrily hung up


    on him.


    Feeling restless, Nichs pulled some strings to make a flight that had already taken off turn back andnd. It was made sure to have him board the ne before taking off again.Text content ? N?velDrama.Org.


    As he took the earliest flight back to Radiant City via the VIP channel, I sat on a cold bench, listening to the broadcast repeatedly calling for Nichs to board.


    Nichs took a few steps, then turned around to look at me. His lips were pressed tightly together, and his eyes were unnaturally red at the corners. If someone didn''t know better, they might have thought we were a couple unwilling to part. "You really have no intention of going back with me? He used to treat you well. If this is thest time your see him-"


    interrupted him, saying, "You said it yourself-''once''. Besides, you should go back as the caring son you are. I''m no longer part of your family."


    The broadcast kept calling, but he acted like he didn''t hear it.


    "What if I said you still are?"


    "That''s not for you to decide," I said, lowering my gaze to avoid looking at him. "Nichs, just go. I have


    work."


    Nichs exhaled heavily. "Ariana, is work more important than family? That job of yours, I—"


    "What do you want?" I interrupted him again. "Are you going to find another woman to take away all my opportunities, even almost getting me killed in the end?"


    Clenching his fists, Nichs strode toward me. He yanked me up from my seat with ease, grabbed the back of my head, and kissed me with fervor.


    I thought it would be a rough kiss, but it wasn''t. His lips trembled, and in the end, he simply hugged me tightly.


    *Ariana, I''m afraid that you won''t be


    by my side if my dad won''t make it,"


    he said, tightening his embrace I can''t imagine how you managed on your own back then."


    He pecked my forehead. "I really do feel for you. And now it''s my turn to face something like this."


    I began to tear up as I thought of my mother. As I took her with me abroad back then, I desperately wished that Nichs could appear by my side, even if it meant agreeing to all his terms.


    The helplessness one felt due to the impending death of a loved one was so terrifying that even someone like Nichs wasn''t immune to it.


    "Do you really care about me?" he murmured, sounding quite pitiful. "Come back with me, please?"


    I didn''t respond, but every cell in my body screamed in protest. I knew this feeling all too well-the kind of


    heartache that spelled disaste


    when it came to a man,


    Every time I cared about him a little, he found a way to hurt me tenfold.


    Patting his shoulder, I said, "If something does happen to your father, call me. I''lle back and be with you."


    "You''re too much," Nichs said, staring at me intently "Though I don''t believe in such superstitions, I don''t like you cursing him either."


    He released me. Giving me onest disappointed nce, he left without looking back.


    About five minutester, the broadcast stopped calling for Nichs. A ne taxied briefly down the runway and then shot into the sky.


    I boarded a different ne. That was just how it was with us. Even under the same sky, we couldn''t travel together.