"Come back to me soon. Don't make me wait in loneliness too long. Will you, Joanna?" Canillas' low voice, which was laced with restless emotions, pulled the string in Joanna's trembling heart once again.
No, she did not want to cry again. She had cried too much to the point her eyes were hurt and hard to open. Joanna held back the tears that again threatened to spill from her eyes as she nodded her head vigorously.
She nodded her head despite not knowing why he suddenly poured out his heart's content to her at the moment. But what she knew was that her heart tightened at what she just heard and saw, and she wanted to console him.
She then imitated what Canillas had done to show his affection to her. She cupped his cheeks with a smile that was like a crying smile on her face.
