The hug was lingering as if it could dissolve the private hells they carried around with them.
When finally, they broke apart Li Yuan held her by her waist and cupped the side of her face so they were looking eye to eye.
An act for the sole purpose of diving in each other's soul when there wasn't even much left to it at that moment.
At that moment it was just their hearts that were beating in rhythm in their chests.
"I come here every year on this day. This day of all year I need the most to escape my reality." He closed his eyes as if reminiscing something that was physically torturous for him.
Opening his eyes, he held an unreadable expression on his face. Lei Xinyi felt her heart about to leap out of her chest.
It was a dangerous territory she was trading in but she had no control over heart and no sense of self when he was looking at her like that.
"Will you...will you come with me every year?"
Her breath hitched and an unexplainable pang rose in her heart.
