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    As her silence deepened into something vast and hollow, doubt crept through his defenses like poison. Time and again, he’d found himself wrestling with bitter questions. Had her confession of affection in Podgend been mere yfulness? Had she never harbored genuine feelings for him? Perhaps she’d cared for him once—just a fleeting moment of warmth that cooled as quickly as it ignited, leaving her to discard him without another thought.


    Either possibility carved deep wounds in his heart. Did she have any idea that her casual words had sent him tumbling headlong into love?


    He recalled a passage from an old school textbook: “A single day apart feels like three lifetimes.” Back then, he’d dismissed it as flowery nonsense from romantic poets. Now, those words lived in his bones. He grasped the exquisite torture of such longing with brutal intimacy. She’d haunted his meals, shadowed his steps, and invaded his restless nights.


    Relentless anxiety had pursued him like a hunting hound—the fear that he would nevery eyes on her again, that after she shattered his carefully ordered world, she would slip away forever.<fn8050> ??? ????? ???????s ??? ?????s??? ?? find?novel</fn8050>


    As a man who had spent his entire existence wrapped in ice-cold control, he now lost sleep and appetite over a woman. The stranger staring back from the mirror barely resembled his former self.


    But the long wait had finally ended. He had discovered her whereabouts. Her true name was Lh—just as lovely as the woman who bore it.


    Her confession hadn’t been a jest or fleeting fancy—it had poured from her heart with perfect sincerity. For his sake, she had abandoned everything familiar. She had walked away from her flourishing career at Delta without hesitation, traveled alone to Ublento to chase her academic dreams, and cast off her mask to live boldly beneath the open sky.


    She hadmanded respect at Delta for years, her reputation soaring at its zenith. Only love profound enough to reshape her entire world could have prompted such a sacrifice.


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    She had surrendered so much in his name. He refused to betray that trust. If she would ept him, he swore she would never want for anything. He would offer her the universe—every treasure other women coveted, and wonders beyond their wildest imaginings.


    This conviction had driven him to remove his own mask. He had grown weary of shadows and secrecy. He yearned to walk openly in golden sunlight, just as she now dared to do. He craved all the simple, precious rituals that lovers shared.


    Market strolls. Distant journeys. Exotic vors on their tongues. Photographs capturing each stolen moment—he hungered for it all.


    These dreams swelled within Jason’s chest, transforming the sharp angles of his expression into something achingly tender.


    He gazed at his reflection, and uncertainty crashed over him like a cold wave. Would his face please her? His physique caused him no concern—she had seen his body, and her confession suggested her approval ran deep.


    But his face remained a mystery to her. Her feelings had bloomed for the masked figure he’d presented. Now, stripped bare of mask, would her affection survive the revtion?


    The possibility that she might be delighted sent electricity dancing through his veins. But if disappointment clouded her eyes instead, what then?


    Who could have predicted that love wielded such power? That it could reduce a man forged from steel and silence into this trembling mass of doubt?


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