In the end, Samuel Dalton still agreed to Celeste Norwood's request.
Just as he wouldn't refuse Selena Kensington's request, he equally wouldn't refuse Celeste Norwood's request.
The observation deck remained as it had years ago, but Samuel Dalton knew that since that time, he had never set foot here again.
Walking onto that open balcony again, memories surged like a tide.
Those memories he didn't want to recall, those he tried to erase, once again enveloped his heart.
Feelings he had tried to hide, self-hypnotized to forget, poured out like a tidal wave.
He...
Had never truly forgotten.
He had just become what he least wanted to be—a cowardly evader—choosing a method of self-numbing.
Dependency, familial ties, misguided obsessions... he never saw them that way.
Perhaps, in the beginning, he didn't have those feelings.
After all, before truly seeing her, he only held onto a sliver of childhood obsession, never having such a strong desire.
