“I’m sorry…” “It’s okay,” I whispered back, kissing the palm of her hand that had brushed against my mouth as she continued to rub my cheeks with her fingers. “I just want to let you know I’m not going to abandon you, Nari. Do you trust me?” She did not even take that long to answer my question as I was immediately answered by a deep kiss with her taste lingering as she stepped back and nodded to my eyes. “I trust you, Taiyo.” She told me afterward, and like a ray of sunshine… My heart swelled and I was immediately showered with relief and hope as she stared up to me with those vivid green eyes. “Then I want you to wait for some more time,” I intoned as I held her gaze. “I’m going back to the city and it might take a little while before I come back again, Nari. So I want you to believe

