Her Tears Are His Weakness novel Chapter 163

Leonardo stood by the back entrance.

Samantha soon appeared, asking, "Why are you looking for me so urgently—"

Before she could finish, Leonardo pulled her into a crushing embrace, his arms locking around her so tightly she could barely breathe.

"You're not allowed to die."His voice rumbled against her, low and uncharacteristically shaken—as if letting go might make her vanish.

Samantha couldn't help but laugh, gently patting his back like comforting a frightened child. "That was acting. Not real. Did the performance get to you that much?"

Leonardo didn't answer immediately. His grip loosened slightly, but he still refused to release her.

Perhaps it had.

When he watched her collapse onstage, he'd felt something visceral—his heart seized by a terror so acute it might as well have been real. That despair of losing her felt possible.

He looked down at Samantha in his arms. Traces of fake blood still streaked her fair skin. Rough fingertips brushed her cheek, wiping away the remnants.

"You missed a spot."

Samantha glared at him. "Because someone demanded I come out while I was cleaning up!"

Leonardo was speechless. He had indeed insisted on meeting Samantha.

In fact, he didn't know what was happening to him. He'd nearly stormed the stage during her final scene to catch her before she fell.

Perhaps, as Samantha had said, he'd gotten too immersed in the performance.

Samantha looked up at him. "Can I go back and finish removing my makeup now?"

"Let's just go home," Leonardo replied, tightening his grip on her hand, refusing to let her return.

"But I'm still in costume."

"Change at home."