Chapter 604 Borrowed Time

Lucas met my gaze, his dark eyes holding secrets I could not unravel. After a long pause, he finally smiled. "It's nothing. It's just that life's been so good lately. It feels like I've somehow stolen these days." Just then, a light rain began to fall. Before I could dwell on his words, however, a rainbow caught my eye, brightening my spirits. I tugged at his hand, bursting with excitement. "Lucas, look! There's a rainbow over there!" As I said this, I grabbed his hand, and we dashed off toward the far side of the rainbow. The rain was light, and with Mandala's warm air, the gentle drizzle felt so cozy it was hard not to burst with joy. Happiness hits you in the weirdest places. I was not sure if these moments were borrowed or not, but I was pretty sure they were fleeting. A lot of times, I thought we were all just headed toward the same finish line of death. From the cradle to the grave, life was a quiet, sad story. We spent our few decades wrestling with life, filled with all sor