Chapter 123: Losing Propriety
"Birdie..." Tony pecked on her cheek. "Look at me..."
Marcella looked up. Her cheeks weren’t red like an apple (or so she thought) and her false belief gave her confidence. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gathered the courage to look at his magnetic eyes when her cheeks were burning.
"I love you, Tony," she said.
She didn’t know why her eyes teared up. She was pretty emotional. How can someone take her side all the time? How can he ask nothing of her and do everything for her? How can someone love her this much?
How can she repay that love?
Tony held her cheek. His eyes reddened too. She didn’t know why. At that moment, she saw the toughest man she knew in a vulnerable state. Why?
She knew the answer deep in her heart.
He is happy.
Her love made him happy and in turn, made him vulnerable. She probably is the only person who could see him in a vulnerable state. Vulnerable and yet not weak. He was the strongest man she knew next to her father.
"I love you, Tony," she said. This time she couldn’t even see his reaction as her eyes were clouded. He hugged her. No words came out of his mouth and yet his racing heartbeat against her chest said all he wanted to say.
"You guys need anything else?" Stella asked knocking on the door. She must have been worried after Tony anxiously asked for a first aid box.
Marcella quickly wiped her face and stood up. "No, thanks, Stella," she walked to the door.