Evelyn turned around, trembling slightly with a cold she couldn’t control. Roman was still murmuring restlessly, his brows furrowed deeply as if heavily disturbed by whatever haunted his dreams. Just to be sure of what she'd heard, she leaned closer to him again, her ear almost touching his lips.

The whispered words became clearer, his voice was filled with a kind of longing pain she’d never heard from him before.

"Please... Avery... shouldn't have left... left you... come back to me, Avery... Avery… I miss you..."

Evelyn's blood turned cold. She swallowed a lump forming in her throat, trying desperately to compose herself as his words echoed in her mind....