Chapter 257 (1/2)

Chapter 257

She shook her head desperately and opened her lips to speak

“Riftan is… d-different from that person You won’t ever be ht away When I return… I won’t ever… leave again Never… Never…”

“I’ at his numb face His black eyes, like coals, swayed in pain “Since I started wanting you… I always felt like I was standing over burning charcoal Do you knohat that is? Not being able to stopeven for a … I have to keep running I can’t stop over a never-ending fire… I can’t rest even for a ”

His voice had a faint whisper, as if it revealed the weariness on his back Only then did Max notice that his face had becoh cheeks doith one hand

“I… want to be free from that ”

“Riftan… I…”

Her lips were twitching, not knohat to say A reddish light filtering through thecast a glooain

“If you go, I won’t wait for you anymore”

“…”

“I’ll stop thinking about you This tiopen in shock He squeezed her forearo?”

It felt as if all the air had disappeared fros His dark eyes warned her that this would be the last time he would hold her She hesitated and tried to back away, but he didn’t let go of her ar above water Her heart was pounding loudly, and her throat tingled as if she had sed a shard of glass Max grinded her teeth and repeated the same words like a parrot

“I-I’ll come back Whatever it takes… I’ll coht disappeared from Riftan’s eyes When she saw those bleak eyes, she couldn’t bring herself to speak anyht”

Even though she tried to escape before, Max felt alone in cold snohen his hand was gone His voice sounded eo To that place where you want to go…”

As if that was the end of the conversation, he stood up She couldn’t move, it felt like she was paralyzed Riftan walked over to the table and took a new glass Max, who looked at hiot up quickly and reached for him in a hurry Then Riftan stepped back and exclaimed fiercely