The villa shone with warm light through the veil of rain, yet Stella was walking alone in the dark and
wet. When her heels were stuck in the grate, she took them off and trounced forward barefoot.
The long road had no end in sight, and the rain showed no sign of easing. In the frigid cold, her body
temperature dropped, and she suddenly lost all her energy.
Suddenly a bright light flashed and came straight at her.
Feeling stiff and frozen from the cold, she didn’t even have the strength to run from the luxury car that
sped toward her.
How great if everything could just end now, she thought longingly.
She was exhausted.
Perhaps she had been too well protected in the past, but after her parents died, it was as if she had
been completely drained of blood.
Her mind was collapsing, and she couldn’t handle so many changes alone.
It was simply too tiring to walk on the path without anyone else. However, there was no stopping, and
she could only continue trudging down the road.
The wind whistled in her ears, and the cold raindrops fell on her body with no respite.
Continuing her walk would be an arduous journey, and although her feet were torn with bloody blisters,
she could only stumble helplessly and aimlessly into the cold rainy night.
“Father, Mother. Don’t leave me…”
Stella’s forehead was covered in sweat, and she kept mumbling.
The man had been squatting in front of her for a while now, trying to wake her up.
But her dream was too deep. Trapped in that state, she couldn’t hear him no matter how he shouted.
After an unknown duration, a light appeared at the end of the road.
She rushed to it, and the blinding light came straight to her,
The black Cullinan had no intention of slowing down.
She stood in place in the blinding rain and finally saw the person in the driver’s seat.
A dazzling light flashed in her eyes, and she clearly saw Weston appearing in front of her.
In her dream, however, he shouldn’t have known her, much
less appear on the mountain road outside the Sealey mansion.
But here he was, simply appearing out of nowhere.
The large car barreled down the road, straight toward her.
waiting for the massive vehicle to hit her, but the next, she had fallen into a familiar embrace.
Her eyes jerked open when the prickly cedar filled her nostrils, awakening her from her dream.
“Stay back!”
Gasping for air, her body was drenched in sweat, and her clothes clung to her body, making her feel
uncomfortable.
Weston cupped her chin and looked steadily into her eyes.
After seeing her sober up, he asked, “Are you awake?”
She was still a bit confused and looked at him. “Weston …”
She felt like she had just been fished out from the water. The red dress she wore stuck to her body like
it was part of her skin.
She raised her hand and brushed all her bangs aside. “What happened to me?”
“You were having a nightmare.” He kissed her forehead, his voice unusually soft. “You kept calling your
parents in your
dream? Were you missing them?”
Stella closed her eyes in silence.
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