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The necklace had originally been purchased by a jeweler in Jayelle City. At the time, it had drawn the attention of many affluent socialites, and it didn’t take long before someone bought it.
The buyer, as it turned out, was Barney’s grandfather.
Nick had learned that Barney’s grandfather had bought the necklace as part of a wedding gift for his daughter.
“This necklace belonged to Barney’s mother,” Nick explained gently. “It was always her treasured possession, and it’s been preserved beautifully.”
The statement was left deliberately incomplete.
The implication was clear-Barney giving her something that once belonged to his mother needed no further explanation. Khloe understood immediately.
All of Barney’s recent odd behavior now made sense.
Her face paled slightly, and her palms turned cold.
If Barney’s mother was the very woman who had abandoned her…
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Then Barney was her biological brother.
Barney wasn’t reckless; if he had come to find her, it was unlikely he had made a mistake.
Verifying it would be easy.
But beyond that, the truth that Barney was her brother by blood was something Khloe couldn’t easily accept.
“So… she…” Khloe hesitated. “…is she-”
“She’s already passed away.”
Her heart jolted. For a moment, her mind went blank. The emotions she’d been bracing for seemed to lose all their outlet at
once.
Seeing her fall silent, Nick quickly ended the subject. (1
“Come on. Get dressed. Let’s go out for a walk.”
He slid the jewelry box into a nearby drawer. Khloe’s eyes flickered with light, and she nodded.
The scenery near Cloud Palace was beautiful, with two major national parks nearby.
The first time Nick had seen the place, he had imagined himself and Khloe growing old here, walking together every evening under the glow of sunsets and moonlight.
Life was inherently lonely. That made it all the more important to speak, to share, to be together in the time they had.
“Does the sunset here look different from the one you saw as a child?” he asked suddenly.
He paused, standing close to her, his broad, tall frame like a steadfast pine, lending her an even more delicate, radiant air.
Khloe lifted her gaze.
The sky blazed with a riot of colors as the sun sank. Ripples of light reflected across the calm lake, layering warmth over the entire world as if painting it in hues of amber. 1
She saw only the beauty, the warmth, the full, intoxicating light. Any lingering sadness from the past no longer touched her.
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“Mm… it’s different,” she whispered, a small smile curling her lips. “It’s beautiful here.”
“On sunny days, we watch the clouds. On rainy days, we watch the ripples. On snowy days, we watch the frozen lake. I want to fill every day of your life with beauty, so that no matter what dark times we’ve had before… from today on…”
He paused, turning to face her, his hand brushing gently over her brow.
“…you have me.”
Two words, soft and tender, yet heavier than any she had ever felt in her heart.
Love, in its deepest form, endures to the end of life. Happiness is simply the longing for the same moments, repeated.
Nick loved her with all his heart. That was why he couldn’t help but tell her the same words over and over, why he repeated the same gestures tirelessly.
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