Chapter 6: Between Life and Love
"...!"
Xavier’s eyes widened in shock. He couldn’t believe what he’d just heard.
’That woman was Alice!?’
"I initially wasn’t worried at all. Since I knew that due to advancement in technologies, the sensors of the train could detect life signatures on the track from as far as 700 meters, and the train stops the moment it does."
"That’s why... that’s why..." Alice stuttered her eyes filled with unshed tears.
Alice’s scarlet eyes shimmered with unshed tears. "When the train didn’t stop... I was so afraid. My body wouldn’t move no matter how much I willed it to."
’Of course, anyone would be terrified in that situation.’ Xavier thought, his mind racing.
"But I wasn’t afraid of dying," Alice continued, her voice steadying. Her gaze locked onto his, as if she could read his thoughts. "I was afraid of not telling you how much I love you. How badly I want to be your wife. How desperately I want to be the mother of your children. How much I want to spend my life with you."
"..."
Xavier’s chest tightened. Love? Wife? Children? Her words were overwhelming, as if he’d just stepped into someone else’s dream. What could he even say?
"I was so afraid because of that."