Time had stopped at this moment.

I stared at the facade smile displayed on her lips. Without discarding my gaze from her face, that face that I've been longing to meet once again, that face that has a replica in my household but hers is incomparable. She has a particular vacuum inside my heart. I couldn't help but tremble at every step I took towards her, however, the fire of desire in my heart wasn't fading but growing instead. Standing before her glorious self now, I attempted to hold her hand, but her next action left astounded. She had stepped back, leaving a considerable distance between us. “What's it, Kiara?...