Chapter 87: Luke’s Suggestions
"Don’t give up on me, Rose... Please..." His voice started shaking and she felt coldness on her shoulder. "Choose me..."
Alexandra by then had melted. His tears made her heart turn to a puddle. And she started to consider what he is saying.
"What do you want me to do?" She asked.
Only after she said that sentence did she realize that she had said this sentence a lot to Luke. And each time, he would give a "suggestion" that she might or might not follow. But he would make sure that she knows that only if she takes his "suggestion" could he be happy and be assured that her heart is true with him.
She understood why it was tough for Luke to not accept her love. He told her that she doesn’t need love. She has everything that anyone would envy her for and she has no use to have someone beside her as a family for her to be happy. She can be happy by herself since she has everything. And so, she wanted to prove to him that she needed him to be happy. She made sure he knows that she values him a lot more than he thinks she is.
Each time his "suggestion" would involve her breaking her vow and something that would make Tubby get mad at her. Tubby would advise her not to do what he "suggests", but she, in her desire to prove Luke, would do as Luke "suggests". She would be happy seeing the smile on Luke’s face for his suggestion is accepted, but she had felt that emptiness in the bottom of her heart as if she is losing a part of herself to be replaced with nothingness each time she does something against her consciousness.
"Maximillian did something horrible, Rose," Luke stood straight and spoke holding her shoulders. "Did you know he’s been summoning beasts in secret?"
"Summoning?" Alexandra was shocked.
She didn’t know that. But in her heart, rather than believing Luke, she trusted Tubby. Even if Tubby had summoned a beast, he would have told her. That skylark cannot help but show off. How could he have kept such a big thing to himself?
Impossible!
"You don’t believe me, do you?" Luke shook her and Alexandra shook her head.
With the situation here, she didn’t think it would be nice to speak what’s in her mind.