-Corrine-

His sudden presence paralyzed all my senses. I could only stand there at the doorway, my breath caught.

“You?” My voice felt strange as if it didn’t come from me. “What are you doing here?”

It was just a casual question to conceal the jumble of emotions in my heart. It felt like someone had just burst a balloon and poured a bucket of icy water over my head. I was paralyzed but felt relieved. My anger towards Jerome was extinguished as easily as a candle blown by the cool night wind. The night wind in the form of Andrew.

“Are you crying?” He repeated his question, ignoring mine....