Chapter 1402: A Reunion Once More

The front entrance was already crowded with people, leaving the back door as the only quiet escape. In the courtyard, a crabapple tree was in full bloom. Jamir gently brushed her hand aside, his grip light yet deliberate. "Your hands are cold. Why pretend?" Callie's face was pale, her heart aching as if a slow blade was slicing through it. She had thought the shadows of two years ago were behind her, that she would never feel this way again. But she was wrong. Those shadows lay buried deep, and once touched, they surged back with an unbearable pain. "Once bitten by a snake, ten years fearing a rope"—so this was what it meant. She had no intention of answering him. But as she turned a corner, she unexpectedly ran into a couple—a strikingly matched pair. The crowd was dense, yet from a glance, his face stood out like a beacon, unforgettable in its clarity. He had grown leaner, but his elegance remained undiminished. The woman beside him was petite and lively, her features mature, h