Alex Warren was dumbfounded, unable to react for a good while.
"She can't be…" He struggled to find the right word, finally settling on two tactful ones: "So… simple?"
Ethan Lowell walked over to where Aurora Sinclair had been sitting, sank to the ground, and pillowed his arms behind his head, gazing quietly at the vast, cloudless blue sky.
"You might not believe it if one or two people say so, but what if everyone around you says it? Would you believe it then?"
"Yeah, I would…" Alex Warren understood what he meant. He sat down casually beside him, pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and offered one to Ethan Lowell.
"Only people who have experienced true pain learn to be so cautious…"
Alex Warren froze. He suddenly saw a flicker of self-mockery in Ethan Lowell's eyes.
'What's gotten into him?'
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