---- couldn't tolerate you. "T was the one who introduced you to opportunities abroad." "Tt really was you. Rosalind, I..." I kissed him gently. "There's no need for words between us." Maxwell hesitated. "T thought seeing Henry again would make you wary, guarded... that you wouldn't let me in so easily. That's why I never dared say anything." Ismiled, calm and unbothered. "That's all in the past. I can't just stop walking because I once stepped in shit, can I?" He blinked, stunned for a moment, then kissed my fingers tenderly. "T feel the same. I can't write off the entire art ---- world here just because I ran into one Henry. "Tve thought about it, Rosalind. This is where our roots are. Let's stay here-together, for life." The sun dipped beyond the tall windows, but I knew the morning light would rise again tomorrow.