Night Carved Paths Into Silence by Zyrel Ash ` 325
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His back was tense, his shoulders slumped slightly, radiating an unspeakable… panic and despair.
The black sedan was parked quietly in the space in front of him.
Rebecca stopped in her tracks.
Seeing his back, looking like he’d been abandoned by the entire
world, all the excitement and fighting spirit Rebecca had felt
about coming back for a fight vanished instantly. All that was
left was a dull, persistent ache.
She slowly walked over, her footsteps sounding exceptionally
clear in the empty garage.
Adrian seemed lost in his own emotions and didn’t notice
immediately.
Until Rebecca stopped a short distance behind him and spoke
softly, with a barely perceptible catch in her voice:
“Hey… Adrian.”
Adrian’s back stiffened abruptly.
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He turned around with extreme slowness, as if afraid of
startling an illusion.
His eyes finally landed on Rebecca’s face.
The deep despair and panic in Adrian’s eyes, like a lake
shattered by a stone, broke apart and erupted into unbelievable joy.
It was a surprise so intense it was almost painful, like getting back something he thought was lost forever.
The moment he confirmed it was her, all his reason and ability to think collapsed.
“Rebecca…”
He called out in a low, hoarse voice that trembled as if he’d just
survived a disaster.
The next second, he practically stumbled toward her, his long
arms shooting out to pull her fiercely, tightly into his embrace.
The force was staggering, as if he wanted to embed her into his
own body, never to be separated.
Rebecca was knocked back a step by his impact.
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Caught off guard, she let out a muffled grunt.
Adrian didn’t care about any of that.
His arms wrapped around her waist and back, one hand
pressing firmly on the back of her head, holding her cheek
tightly against his chest.
Rebecca could clearly hear his heart pounding wildly and
erratically in his chest, each heavy, rapid beat hammering
against her eardrums.
He buried his face in her neck, greedily breathing in her familiar
scent, mixed with a faint, sweet strawberry fragrance.
It was proof that she was real, that he had her back.
“You didn’t leave… You didn’t leave…”
He murmured it over and over in her ear, as if stubbornly
confirming it, yet also out of unconscious relief. “Thank God.”
Rebecca was being squeezed so tightly she could barely
breathe, but she could feel his overwhelming emotions with
perfect clarity.
His immense panic and now his immense joy flowed into her
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without reservation.
Her heart melted completely, any thought of confronting him
washed away.
She raised her hands, gently hugged him back, and stroked his
slightly trembling back.
“Mmm, I didn’t leave…” she responded softly, her voice muffled
against his chest. “I just went downstairs to buy something.”
Adrian didn’t seem to hear a word she said.
He loosened his hold just enough to see her face.
His eyes were still red, but they shone as if stars had fallen into
them, startlingly bright yet deeply vulnerable.
He cupped her face, his thumbs stroking her cheeks preciously
as his gaze swept over her eyebrows, her eyes, the tip of her
nose, and finally rested on her lips, slightly parted in surprise.
Without any hesitation, he lowered his head and kissed her
deeply.
The kiss was sudden and fierce, with an almost predatory urgency for confirmation, but it involuntarily softened into a
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gentle, lingering one the moment he touched the sweet
strawberry flavor.
He sucked on her lips, his tongue tasting only the sweet and
sour candy flavor mixed with her own scent, which both
intoxicated and reassured him.
Strawberry flavored.
It was the real, living Rebecca, the one who would get mad at
him but also come back to him.
Rebecca was stunned by his sudden kiss, but she quickly sank
into its fervent, slightly trembling passion.
She could feel the aftershock of his fear and how much he
cherished her.
She closed her eyes, returning his kiss, her fingers unconsciously clutching the fabric of his shirt.
In the empty, quiet underground garage, there was only the sight of them embracing and kissing, and the sound of their slightly uneven breaths slowly syncing up.
After a long while, Adrian reluctantly released her lips, but his forehead still rested against hers, the tip of his nose nuzzling
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hers intimately, their breaths mingling.
“It’s strawberry flavored.”
He murmured, his voice still hoarse but now holding a touch of
warmth and the faintest smile.
Rebecca’s cheeks were flushed, her breath still a bit unsteady.
She glared at him, but the look held no real bite, only a playful
pout. “I just had candy.”
Adrian watched her feigned annoyance, the smile in his eyes
deepening, and he couldn’t help but lean down to peck her
slightly swollen lips again.
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