Chapter 35: The Countdown Begins
"Why? You were.. Were you not thinking about someone when you were looking at me? Who else could it be if not a woman."
Alric’s heart skipped a beat. He was indeed looking at her to see if he felt the same thing as he had felt when he was standing with Nora.
But to his dismay he felt nothing. Not at all. She looked like the nurses in the hospital. She complained like them too. Nora never complained.
One time she had burst on him, he had felt killing intent coming from that young girl not an aggrieved tone. She did not need a knight in shining armor.
She needed nothing. She had her plan ready. This was something new to him when he met a seventeen year old kid. Even adults never looked so sure when they were asked to deal with his brother.
"What! Are you thinking about her again and still claim that you do not have a girlfriend?" she pouted again when he rolled his eyes.
"You think too much. I was thinking about my brother." his tone went cold as he looked back at her. There was no way in the world that he saw Nora as his girlfriend. He was just surprised that a young girl could be so mature. That was it.
She stared at him for a second as if waiting for him to add something. When he did not, she lowered her head and bit her lips.
"Alric, do you not remember that we have... dated in the past too." her face went red and her voice was soft. It felt like the girl was embarrassed to confess it but at the same time, her eyes were filled with love and tenderness as she looked at him.