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Her respiratory rate accelerated as unbidden moisture gathered along her lower lashes before escaping in
glistening rivulets down the planes of her cheeks.
The dam of composure she had maintained throughout the endless evening suddenly fractured, releasing a
torrent of suppressed emotion. “Must you persist in this reckless disregard for your well-being?” she demanded,
her voice breaking beneath the weight of her concern.
“Hadley! Please forgive me— the responsibility lies entirely with me!” Eric exclaimed, contrition saturating every
syllable.
Galvanized into action, Eric's arm encircled her shoulders, drawing her against his chest while his palm curved
protectively around the delicate contours of her skull.
Beneath his ribs, his heart thundered with such ferocity he wondered if she could feel its percussion through his
chest wall.
Words tumbled from his lips in halting fragments. “I recognize the impropriety of this confession... but witnessing
your tears shed on my behalf... fillswith an inexplicable joy.”
“What?” Bewilderment replaced Hadley’s anger as she struggled to comprehend the bizarre trajectory of his
thoughts during such a moment. “Hadley?”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtEric's palm gently cradled her jaw, tilting her face upward until her tear-glazed eyes met his—a peculiar mixture
of anticipation and trepidation swirling in their depths.
“Perhaps your aversion isn’t as profound as you've convinced yourself. Perhaps, beneath layers of resistance,
genuine concern for my well-being exists within you, doesn’t it?”
Hadley found herself trapped in the intensity of his searching gaze, her cognitive processes momentarily
suspended. “You remain Joy's father, regardless of other circumstances,” she murmured, the words barely
audible.
Despite falling short of his unspoken desires, her acknowledgment nevertheless kindled a spreading warmth
throughout Eric’s chest.
With exquisite tenderness, his fingertips traced the dampened curve of her cheek, collecting teardrops that—no
matter her rationalization—had fallen exclusively for him.
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“Dispel your anxieties, Hadley. For both you and Joy, | pledge to safeguard my existence and attend to my health
with utmost vigilance.”
“Your promise is now witnessed!” Hadley’s voice constricted around the words, her emotional equilibrium
precarious at best. “Inscribe it upon your consciousness! Not for my sake, but for Joy's... this vow must remain
inviolate! Should you...”
Had death claimed him, forgiveness would have remained forever beyond her capacity to grant.
Yet the verbalization of this truth
withered on her tongue, as though
giving voice to such thoughts mig
summon the very atelshe Wreaded.
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completion; Eric comprehended its
unspoken conclusion perfectly.
Hadley possessed a tenderness of
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They exchanged a glance, nodded in unspoken agreement, and started to leave.
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