Chapter 22

When the performance ended, the audience streamed out one after another, most of them still looking as though they were savoring the performance. Leaning against the streetlamp that was glowing a warm yellow, Camden wrapped his scarf up around his face, hoping for one more glimpse of Alice. He overheard people around him praising her performance, remarking that after five years out of the spotlight, she now carried a new, steely resilience. Without realizing it, he found himself smiling as an inexplicable happiness settled in his chest. It wasn't long before that graceful figure appeared before his eyes. Alice had changed out of her performance attire, her face nestled in a thick cashmere scarf as she happily dashed into the heavy snowfall. "Nick, it's snowing again!" She spun around and around in the snow, then threw herself excitedly into Nick's arms. "I love it here so much!" Nick gently brushed the snow off her hair. "Is it because it's always snowing?" Alice turned back, sl