The harsh wind whipped against Landon’s face and hair as he was seated on his armchair, looking out the open window. All his life, he has been cold, emotionless, and never fancied any woman, but Elyssa was slowly peeling off those layers. What was she doing to him? Like a virus, she was consuming him, weakening his defence system and he couldn’t do anything about it. In the beginning, she was slowly falling in love with him and he with her. But his big mouth and everything was ruining it all. Now she perceived him as nothing but a monstrous figure and it was wrecking him inside. He longed for the connection they once shared when she first came but from the looks of it, it was fading. Fading like morning mist under the mid-day sun. He was still battling within himself to tell her the trut