The familiar and warm embrace makes Karin let down all her defenses. She leans on Troy's arms, feeling the stirring of her heart at this moment.
The two are speechless for a long time as they just embrace each other. WIth their bodies get close to each other, their hearts are close together. And the farthest distance is always the distance between people’s hearts.
"Karin, I'm sorry for making you suffer..."
Troy's magnetic and hoarse voice rings in her ears. She shakes her head and chokes as she denies it, "Not at all. Not suffering at all. As long as you are alive, as long as you hold me like this, I will be the happiest woman in the world."
He sniffs and hugs her tighter, feeling eager to integrate her into his body. Although Karin covets his embrace, she wants to know what the truth behind the lie is as soon as possible.
She asks in a trembling voice, tilting her chin up and gazing at the figure close at hand in the darkness, "Honey, can you tell me why you pretend to have amnesia?"
"Let me hold you a little longer."
Troy presses her head back to his chest, increasing the force of his embrace of her. Only God knows that over these days, he has been intending to hug her and that he almost goes crazy...
She leans over his chest and places her both hands in the position where his heart is. As she feels his heartbeat, her tears slowly seep out.
She sobs as she reminds him, "I can barely breathe."
Only then does Troy let her go. Then he slowly lowers her head, kisses the corners of her eyes, and sucks all that salty liquid into his stomach until it mixes with his blood.
"Come with me."
He takes her hand, walks to the sofa in the middle of the living room, and presses the lighted switch. She finally sees his face. Yes, it is her Troy, the man she has been thinking of day and night to her bones.
He asks warmly, "Would you like some water?"
She shakes her head, "No."
Troy feels some trembling in her body, hurriedly takes off his jacket, and drapes it over her. Looking at his gentle action, Karin, whose tears were sulked dry by him, bursts out crying again. Such a scene makes her think of the scene when she first met him many years ago. At that time, he was also such a gentleman with poise. In the blink of an eye, it has been so long. And such a warm scene, as always, touches her.
He asks, sitting next to her, "Do you hate me?"
"No."
"At the beach, I knew who you were. But I pretended I didn't know you and ruthlessly left you and followed Molly. Don’t you hate me at all?"
"You had your reasons. I was sad. But I never hate you."
"I'm sorry. I indeed had to have my way."
Troy sighs slightly and tells her the reason why he pretended to lose his memory these days…
"That day with Robert, I was attacked on the boat. Before jumping into the sea, I already knew that the person who wanted my life was Uncle Emmanuel. I suspected him a long time ago. I suspected him even earlier than you did. However, I didn’t doubt him as early as he began to carry out his sophisticated plan. Based on his power and methods, it is much more difficult to deal with him than we thought. So when being targeted by six people with guns, I told myself in my heart, ‘I surely can’t die like this. I surely can’t leave the people who love me and the people I love in this world. Uncle Emmanuel won’t spare me. Naturally, he won’t spare my family.’ I jumped into the vast sea without hesitation. And for the first time, I, who didn’t believe in God, entrusted my life to God. Thinking that I would be lucky, I firmly believed that I could survive. It turned out that I did survive. Of course, I owed it to Molly."
Karin asks with uncertainty, "Is it true that she saved you?"
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Capture Your Heart