His hand suddenly tightened, and in an instant, his face was as pale as death, and the pain in his eyes deepened, as if a sharp sword was stabbed into his chest, splitting his heart in half. "Not a little, not even a little?" His anxious tone was filled with shock, pain and despair.
She didn't raise her head.
"Vinton, I..." She choked, and all her words turned into a string of hot tears.
A terrible silence stood between them.
The long and silent silence crushed Vinton's heart. He let go of her hand, as if what was pinched in his palm was just a phantom, and could no longer be held.
Then he disappeared, not sending her a message or making a phone call.
Time passed slowly. A week had passed.
Sitting in the library, Eva stared at the book on the table, lost in thought. She was not in t
