Chapter 218: Heat Of Confession
The silence that was met right after he said those words were deafening. Neither of the couple could react or say anything else after that. Madeline’s eyes that had watered against the surface of her dark orbs, narrowed slowly, and her slim brows furrowed together.
"Does my feelings not matter to you?" She asked in a whisper, wanting to pretend she never heard all of those things he said. "I am concerned about you, I worry for you but why does it sound like it has no meaning to you? Aren’t you bothered about that? Aren’t you bothered about how I’d feel if I had to lose you like this? You speak like no one is going to remember you existed once you’re gone, but what about me?"
Madeline pointed at herself, "I just discovered something that I never expected to hear from Napoleon, yes I was excited about the barrier and there was this little hope in me that kept singing for everything to go back to normal once it’s created, but if the price comes with your life then I’m not willing to thread on that part."
"Maddie."
"I can’t keep pretending like everything’s okay, Cassian, I can no longer keep up with the act." She shook her head, "I can’t keep pretending like I’m not in love with you when I know that I’ve fallen for you for a long time already and...."
Cassian felt his heart skip a beat at her blurted words, "what?" He whispered, meeting her frozen expression as though she herself had been stricken by the confession that escaped her, but since she already said it, what was the use of hiding it.
"I’m saying.... I’m saying that I’ve loved you even before I figured out you were a vampire and after that." She confessed, her tone firm and genuine. "For the past few months, I was confused about what I felt because I never wanted to accept it. You were nice to me, you showed me enough care that even the world itself took from me, you filled that empty heart with your presence and every being of you Cassian. I can’t go to sleep if you’re not by my side and every time I thought about it, I was afraid I would get too attached cause it’ll be difficult to leave your side. I thought I could ignore it, suppress it, but it’s choking me up here and I can’t deal with it."
Madeline touched her throat, signifying the limit where it had choked her to, at this point, the tears in her eyes dropped when the feeling was starting to become too overwhelming.
"Maddie?"