Chapter 308

Jeremy's deep eyes were filled with layers of complicated emotion, but those emotions vanished quickly. He turned and said flatly, "Let's go." Melody was a little surprised but followed behind him. … Once they were outside, she asked softly, "Should I not have come today?" Jeremy replied, "No." "But don't you usually stay here for a long time?" Her tone was careful, worried that maybe she had intruded on his time with Ivy. "I can head back first," she offered. He reached out and stopped her, a flicker of helplessness passing through his dark eyes. "I don't usually stay long, either." This day meant something special. He had always believed he didn't like people chattering around him, which was why he came here alone every year. Oddly enough, with Melody's constant talking beside him today, that familiar weight, the bitterness and gloom, didn't settle over him like it usually did. So, when she said she'd leave, he instinctively held onto her. He didn't want her to leave him b