Chapter 203: Stay

[ FLASHBACK ]

Note: This chapter is a narration of the original timeline. It's not a memory being recalled by any of the characters as it was part of the end of Volume 3.

Cosette stood on the balcony wearing a champagne dress wrapped tightly around her curves. She had her arms folded under her chest, holding a glass of wine she had been savoring to keep herself from the cold night breeze blowing past her face. 

Her eyelashes, which were like butterfly wings, fluttered ever so slowly, glancing over her shoulder upon hearing the door open. She only caught a pair of black shoes approaching her, but instantly recognized the man. 

There was only one person who would wear such shoes, and make them look pleasing to the eye.