Rick was shocked. He immediately opened the car door and walked towards Kendall. Kendall was sitting on the steps, crying. She did not notice him walking over. When she regained her senses, she was already tightly wrapped in his embrace.
"Are you stupid?" His tone was soft. He placed his lips at the corner of her forehead and said, "Kendall, let's not break up, okay?"
"I won't go back to the Stevens Family. No one there likes me anyway." She whispered, "You don't have to worry about me betraying you guys because I can't even remember what you guys have said. Rick, you don't have to force yourself to like me. Those things that you're worried about won't happen, so you don't have to ask me to stay because of that."
"Have you really decided? Even if I want you to stay, you wouldn't..."