After a passionate night, Martha lay in Stefan's arms, tracing circles on his chest absentmindedly.
This was the first time since they re-encountered that they had been together without any hurt or pain.
In the past, Martha had always hoped for a harmonious relationship with Stefan, but now that they finally achieved it, they were facing separation.
After Stefan felt the sadness of the woman in his arms, he held her hand tightly and kissed her forehead in distress.
"I don't know what happened exactly, but I know you'll come back to me one day."
Back to him and Jimmy to form a happy family.
"Martha, no matter what happens, I will wait for you."
"..."
Stefan talked endlessly while Martha listened silently. But deep down she knew she couldn't stay with him this lifetime. At least not yet; she couldn't leave everything behind and go back home with him.
Martha gazed deeply into the man lying beside her and engraved every detail of his face in her heart. After chatting for a while longer, she noticed a black mark on Stefan's chest and furrowed her brows slightly.
She stretched out her hand to gently rub the mark, and asked puzzledly, "What is this?"
Stefan reached out and grabbed Martha's hand, put it on his lips and kissed it lightly, and replied softly, "It's a birthmark, I had it when I was a child."
Although he didn't like this mark very much, there was no way to get rid of it.
Martha frowned slightly, thinking of the past.
The fact that Stefan had a birthmark, she hadn't noticed before.
It'd been a few years since she and Stefan had a physical relationship, and every time before, he wouldn't give her a chance to get close to him, so she wouldn't know that he had this birthmark.
Martha looked at him thoughtfully before asking, "You think this birthmark is ugly?"
"Isn't it ugly?"
Stefan frowned slightly, and asked softly.
Martha shook her head lightly, and said what she was thinking: "I think it's okay, it looks like a small eagle, which is very special."
As she spoke, she gently poked the birthmark on the man's body with her hand, showing a sly look in her eyes.
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