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His back was tense, his shoulders slumped slightly, radiating an unspeakable\u2026 panic and despair.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The black sedan was parked quietly in the space in front of him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca stopped in her tracks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing his back, looking like he\u2019d been abandoned by the entire\u00a0<\/p>\n
world, all the excitement and fighting spirit Rebecca had felt\u00a0<\/p>\n
about coming back for a fight vanished instantly. All that was\u00a0<\/p>\n
left was a dull, persistent ache.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She slowly walked over, her footsteps sounding exceptionally\u00a0<\/p>\n
clear in the empty garage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian seemed lost in his own emotions and didn\u2019t notice\u00a0<\/p>\n
immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Until Rebecca stopped a short distance behind him and spoke\u00a0<\/p>\n
softly, with a barely perceptible catch in her voice:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHey\u2026 Adrian.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian\u2019s back stiffened abruptly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 325\u00a0<\/p>\n
He turned around with extreme slowness, as if afraid of\u00a0<\/p>\n
startling an illusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His eyes finally landed on Rebecca\u2019s face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The deep despair and panic in Adrian\u2019s eyes, like a lake\u00a0<\/p>\n
shattered by a stone, broke apart and erupted into unbelievable joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was a surprise so intense it was almost painful, like getting back something he thought was lost forever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment he confirmed it was her, all his reason and ability to think collapsed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRebecca\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He called out in a low, hoarse voice that trembled as if he\u2019d just\u00a0<\/p>\n
survived a disaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next second, he practically stumbled toward her, his long\u00a0<\/p>\n
arms shooting out to pull her fiercely, tightly into his embrace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The force was staggering, as if he wanted to embed her into his\u00a0<\/p>\n
own body, never to be separated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca was knocked back a step by his impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Caught off guard, she let out a muffled grunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian didn\u2019t care about any of that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His arms wrapped around her waist and back, one hand\u00a0<\/p>\n
pressing firmly on the back of her head, holding her cheek\u00a0<\/p>\n
tightly against his chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca could clearly hear his heart pounding wildly and\u00a0<\/p>\n
erratically in his chest, each heavy, rapid beat hammering\u00a0<\/p>\n
against her eardrums.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He buried his face in her neck, greedily breathing in her familiar\u00a0<\/p>\n
scent, mixed with a faint, sweet strawberry fragrance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was proof that she was real, that he had her back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t leave\u2026 You didn\u2019t leave\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He murmured it over and over in her ear, as if stubbornly\u00a0<\/p>\n
confirming it, yet also out of unconscious relief. \u201cThank God.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca was being squeezed so tightly she could barely\u00a0<\/p>\n
breathe, but she could feel his overwhelming emotions with\u00a0<\/p>\n
perfect clarity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His immense panic and now his immense joy flowed into her\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 325\u00a0<\/p>\n
without reservation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her heart melted completely, any thought of confronting him\u00a0<\/p>\n
washed away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She raised her hands, gently hugged him back, and stroked his\u00a0<\/p>\n
slightly trembling back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMmm, I didn\u2019t leave\u2026\u201d she responded softly, her voice muffled\u00a0<\/p>\n
against his chest. \u201cI just went downstairs to buy something.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian didn\u2019t seem to hear a word she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He loosened his hold just enough to see her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His eyes were still red, but they shone as if stars had fallen into\u00a0<\/p>\n
them, startlingly bright yet deeply vulnerable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He cupped her face, his thumbs stroking her cheeks preciously\u00a0<\/p>\n
as his gaze swept over her eyebrows, her eyes, the tip of her\u00a0<\/p>\n
nose, and finally rested on her lips, slightly parted in surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without any hesitation, he lowered his head and kissed her\u00a0<\/p>\n
deeply.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The kiss was sudden and fierce, with an almost predatory urgency for confirmation, but it involuntarily softened into a\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 325\u00a0<\/p>\n
gentle, lingering one the moment he touched the sweet\u00a0<\/p>\n
strawberry flavor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He sucked on her lips, his tongue tasting only the sweet and\u00a0<\/p>\n
sour candy flavor mixed with her own scent, which both\u00a0<\/p>\n
intoxicated and reassured him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Strawberry flavored.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was the real, living Rebecca, the one who would get mad at\u00a0<\/p>\n
him but also come back to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca was stunned by his sudden kiss, but she quickly sank\u00a0<\/p>\n
into its fervent, slightly trembling passion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She could feel the aftershock of his fear and how much he\u00a0<\/p>\n
cherished her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She closed her eyes, returning his kiss, her fingers unconsciously clutching the fabric of his shirt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a long while, Adrian reluctantly released her lips, but his forehead still rested against hers, the tip of his nose nuzzling\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 325\u00a0<\/p>\n
hers intimately, their breaths mingling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s strawberry flavored.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He murmured, his voice still hoarse but now holding a touch of\u00a0<\/p>\n
warmth and the faintest smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s cheeks were flushed, her breath still a bit unsteady.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She glared at him, but the look held no real bite, only a playful\u00a0<\/p>\n
pout. \u201cI just had candy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian watched her feigned annoyance, the smile in his eyes\u00a0<\/p>\n
deepening, and he couldn\u2019t help but lean down to peck her\u00a0<\/p>\n
slightly swollen lips again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 326\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 326\u00a0<\/p>\n
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