Sometimes, a person is forced to make decisions and take actions against their will to please those around them, just like Edward. His only sin was that he was born into a family that inherited a dark past in the mafia world, a past that would one day fall on his shoulders, as its leader. To inherit that responsibility, he was forced to do things that haunted him even in his dreams, like a monster lurking in the darkness.

Day after day, he felt as if he were drowning in a bottomless lake, until his fingers touched a lifeline. That lifeline was you. He met you because you dialed his phone number by mistake, and the day he heard your voice, he felt like a melody calming the storm inside him, the storm that was almost turning him into the person he never wanted to be.

From that moment on, he began messaging you constantly, even though you were superficial with him at first, because you didn't know him yet. But he didn't care about your opinion of him because he simply needed someone to share his day with and to share what he couldn't express. With you, he felt like he was born again, like a good man.

At the end of a tiring day, filled with tasks that weighed him down, midnight finally arrived, the time he eagerly awaited. He was lying on his bed, a smile on his face as he chatted with you. But you were also in your bed, very sleepy, so you told him you were going to sleep and left your phone behind. At first, Edward understood, but moments after he tossed and turned, he picked up his phone again and texted you:

"Are you asleep? I feel like I've lost you... Can't you stay with me a little longer?" He quickly sent it, then threw his phone away nervously and anxiously as he waited.