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But at that time, I had just lost my mother and I was still young.
There was absolutely no such intention at all.
“I just didn’t expect that you would go to college and fall in love with someone else.”
“I had despicable and filthy thoughts of snatching you away.”
“But seeing how happy you were by his side, I gave up on this idea again.”
“For two whole years, Sophia, I had never experienced such agony.”
Darrell lowered his gaze and looked at me.
His fingers caressed my eyebrows and every inch of my face.
Until the end, it fell again at the corner of my eyes where tears welled up.
“Don’t cry, Sophia.”
“Darrell, so you said you were afraid of scaring me…”
“Is it because you liked me when I was sixteen?”
Darrell did not answer.
The truth is far from being so simple.
But he couldn’t bring himself to confess those hidden and unseeable feelings of love to Sophia.
She had come into his dreams countless times.
In his dreams, he had done many excessive things to her.
But now, the dream has come true.
She was truly and firmly in his arms.
“Yes, I used to despise myself for being so despicable.”
“Even sought advice from a psychologist in private.‘
“But it is also very normal for teenagers who are just beginning to experience love to secretly date, right?”
“But I am six years older than you, Sophia.”
At her age, she may have only fantasized about pure love.
But when he was in that grade, he already had an incredibly strong possessiveness towards the girl
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he liked.
I looked at him with some distress and said, “Well, it’s true, you are six years older than me.”
“My best friend said that men start going downhill after the age of twenty–five, and you’re already twenty–eight…”
But I hadn’t finished my sentence yet.
Darrell suddenly lifted me up.
As the world spun around, my body sank into the soft bed.
It was once again engulfed by the solid and scorching lava of the volcano.
“Sophia, seeing is believing, but hearing is deceiving.”
“You’d better take a look, touch it, feel it, and then draw your own conclusions.”
He held my hand and we went down together.
I suddenly opened my eyes wide and stared at him in astonishment.
“Darrell…”
He seemed pleased by my expression.
“What was a 28–year–old man like?”
I wanted to pull my hand back, but he held it even tighter.
He lowered himself and his scorching kiss landed on my lips again, “Sophia, don’t cry later.”
“I wouldn’t soften my heart even if you cried.”
But he still softened his heart towards me.
Just like that year at my mother’s funeral.
I cried so much that I became a tearful person, and I completely softened his heart with my tears.
And now, I just lay under him with red eyes and shed a tear.
He stopped and held me in his arms, comforting me for a long, long time.
That night was very long, as if the day would never dawn.
But the next day was very short, very short.
When I opened my eyes, it was already afternoon.
And as soon as I opened my eyes, Darrell bent down and kissed me.
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“It’s time to wake up. If you don’t wake up soon, your two uncles will be unhappy.”
I closed my eyes and smiled, reaching out my hand to ask for a hug from him.
He bent down and lifted me up.
“We, Sophia, truly lived up to our name, being both soft and fluffy.”
“Do you like it?”
I looked at him bravely, but then I retreated first and buried my face in his chest.
Darrell held me tightly as we walked steadily towards the bathroom.
It took him a while before he answered.
“Liked.”
“I liked it very much.”
I have always liked it.
Liked for a very long time.
When I had absolutely no idea.
In my times of pain or happiness.
There was also someone who cared about my joys and sorrows.
I did not know how the future would be.
But at this moment, at this instant.
I felt incredibly happy and satisfied.
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I closed my eyes and smiled, reaching out my hand to ask for a hug from him.
He bent down and lifted me up.
“We, Sophia, truly lived up to our name, being both soft and fluffy.”
“Do you like it?”
I looked at him bravely, but then I retreated first and buried my face in his chest.
Darrell held me tightly as we walked steadily towards the bathroom.
It took him a while before he answered.
“Liked.”
“I liked it very
much.”
I have always liked it.
Liked for a very long time.
When I had absolutely no idea.
In my times of pain or happiness.
There was also someone who cared about my joys and sorrows.
I did not know how the future would be.
But at this moment, at this instant.
I felt incredibly happy and satisfied.
