Her hair was tousled by the wind, her eyes red with sorrow, almost pleading as she gazed at him. They both understood the immense courage it took for her to ask him to stay. However, the depth in his eyes flickered briefly with emotion before returning to a calm stillness.
"I'm sorry, Sylvia."
Sylvia looked up at him for a long time, a wave of panic and helplessness spreading from deep within, leaving her feeling cold and numb. She slowly released his hand and stepped back as her world suddenly quieted. All the buzz and glamor were now irrelevant to her.
She had believed that after the fireworks, the darkness would give way to dawn. But now she realized there was nothing but endless darkness, endless disappointment—disappointments that could shatter a person repeatedly. The joy she had felt was her own delusion, thinking she could make him stay. But the void after the joy was unbearable.
She turned away, tears suddenly falling. She still wasn't accustomed to crying in front of him, only allowing her emotions and tears to collapse where he couldn't see. Biting her lip hard, she refused to make a sound, not wanting him to hear, as her tears flowed freely. She turned her back on him, walking further and further away.
The bonfire party continued; someone changed the music to one of Erik's songs, but it wasn't the same anthem of faith.
The neon lights relit, the night growing wild, ironically finding herself running from love. Drunk in a foreign land, wondering if heaven forbids madness...
Some suffer for love, inevitably losing their way, gradually feeling a sense of weariness. Who is the hope in this life, beyond imagination? If not for the longing to return to you, I would have surrendered to fate long ago...
The melancholic music drifted with the wind, the night deepened, and the chill intensified.
Gabriel watched Sylvia's figure until it disappeared from view, then took out his phone to call Estelle. "Please take care of Sylvia for me."
Estelle nodded, "It was sudden; my brother left in a hurry without saying goodbye to anyone."
"What about Sylvia?" Magdalen frowned. She hadn't seen Sylvia later and thought she was with Gabriel, but that wasn't the case.
Estelle replied, "Sylvia went back to the hotel first."
Magdalen felt a sense of loss, truly caught off guard.

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The readers' comments on the novel: Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan)
May we have more updates please....
Thank you so much for the updates today. Now that Yvonne knows that Gonzalez has established who's really in charge of the Hansen house hold she and her mother are treading carefully. It will be interesting to see how Jenny will get the information to see if Adrian is paying for Norah....
With Adrian last comment, he's gonna get whipped and wonder what happened. Thank you so so much for the updates....
May we please have more updates. Thank you....
I would like for Norah to secretly have her memory restored and not tell anyone just to observe how everyone is trying to keep mess going....
Janice and Adrian don't want Norah to be with Xavier....
Thank you for the updates. You do keep us in suspense....
Curious as to how, what, when and where Norah will get her memory back of Xavier....
I'm so glad that Gonzalez was able to get Luke, Oliver and all others who wanted to challenge himas the CEO straight. Interesting how Xavier made reference to a girlfriend concerning his gift to Norah, but never did this before her accident. I'm grateful for the updates. Thank you...
I had a lot of catching up to do..oh buoy, what twist and turns. Loved every bit of it, thank you for keep updating the novel. Hoping for more love along the way....