Chapter 37. Don't Leave Me

"But how do you know all this?" Flora asked, slightly suspicious.

The wounds of a strong man are like scales on his body, the plucking of which causes a pain as if skin and flesh were being grated. Surely he wouldn't easily let others know about his past experiences.

"Patrick told me. They were very close back then."

It turned out that Matthew's childhood had never known the warmth of a family, which was why he craved it so much.

Hanging up the phone, she once again looked out at the distant night sky, where the city lights flickered. Her man was far away, but in her heart, she wanted to be close to him, to wrap her arms around his weary shoulders that had endured so many long years.

She wanted to give him all the warmth she possessed.

Perhaps there truly was such a thing as telepathy. As Flora was missing Matthew, she received a text from him.

"Flora, I miss you very much. Do you miss me?"

A simple line of text brought tears to Flora'