Chapter 238: The Confession (2)
Viviana shook her head. He didn’t promise her the one thing she asked for. So, why should she do what he asks of her? She didn’t have the guts to face him and bowed her head.
"You won’t?" he asked.
He sounded disappointed. She couldn’t bear it. "I don’t want to jinx it, Leander. Everyone who loved me..." she lifted her head up and met his eyes. "...are dead."
He scoffed. There was a cocky smirk hanging by his lips as if she said something absurd. Maybe for him, her suggestion that fate takes away people who love her from her is absurd. But for her, it’s her experience and hence the truth.
"I’m not dying," he said. "Look at me," he pinched her chin to make her face him. "I am not going to die just because you love me. I will not allow that to happen. I want to live a long life, with you."
"Just now you..." Viviana gulped. She could see he was trying to be patient with her although he considers her idea to be terrible. That’s how much he loves her. He can put up with her stupidity.
But she is right.
"You jumped without thinking into the sea FOR ME. And the other day, you were so careless, showing your back to your enemy. Am I wrong to worry?" she asked.
Leander cleared his throat. He did jump into the sea without any plans. And in his attempt to see if she got impressed with his bravado, he turned his back on Leonardo. She is right. Again.
But that doesn’t mean she makes sense.
Viviana observed him as he was thinking deeply. She knew that he didn’t find her reluctance absurd. She is talking the truth here.
"I was wr-..."