The matter settled, without causing any ripples.
After all, today's situation had been anticipated many years ago.
Back then, she was still young. He actually felt a tinge of reluctance when she went abroad, constantly reminding himself that she was a member of the Prescott Family.
But he couldn't fight his own heart.
The closer it was to his return, the more he longed to see what she had grown up to be.
Yet, upon reuniting, it seemed as if the taboo that had been sealed for many years had collapsed, and his desire to be close to her grew increasingly uncontrollable, wanting to have all of her…
The sky was as clear as a wash, the clouds rolled and unfolded, and the light and shadow gradually dimmed as the sun set in the west, casting a faint afterglow on the Sinclair Apothecary sign.
Claire Prescott finished with her last patient, stretched lazily in her clinic room.
