Chapter 507

Lucas's breath seemed to stop cold, his face even paler now—like a fish gasping on dry sand. "I used to resent how smug Miles was, so I half-jokingly told him to kneel before me," Daniel Reid said, frowning deeply. "He always looked down on everything I said, never took me seriously. But then... he did kneel. He said... he was sick. That his mindset made his treatment methods skewed and extreme. But if we teamed up, combined our approaches, maybe—just maybe—we could actually help Madeleine." Miles was desperate for Madeleine to live. That year, Daniel was shaken. He had always thought Miles was the type of guy who was fully self-centered and incapable of falling for anyone. But once he did… it ran so deep it was heartbreaking. Miles loved Madeleine, but he never dared to show it. He thought he wasn't good enough. Daniel had asked him once, "If you love her, why not just make her stay? With your skills, getting her to rely on you, to fall for you—it wouldn't be hard." Psychiatrists—well