She shrank back, wanting to leave his embrace, wanting to leave him........
Joshua Hughes's thin lips almost pressed into a straight line, his eyes filled with intense heartache and longing. He gently kissed her forehead, his heart ached, ached as if cut by a knife, holding her tightly. Who could understand the pain in his heart? Things had already happened, time couldn't be rewound, and there was another man's scent on her now, something even his greatest abilities couldn't wash away. This intense pain, like a howling wind, left devastation deep in his heart.
He felt heartache, discomfort, but what about her? She must be even more miserable, her face pale as a sheet, her eyes filled with a stormy desolation and pain.
"I'm sorry, Avery, I'm sorry..." He felt her distance and despair, yes, her eyes overflowed with that death-like hopelessness.
