Publishedat 11th of October 2019 05:49:40 AMChapter 561
Because of this, his heart ached fiercely as well .
This girl was simply foolish beyond hope . She had actually reduced herself into such a sorry state .
All along, he was thinking that he had also turned this way . Although her eyes were never on him, he was still so concerned for her .
He had truly lost to her .
He had become foolish beyond hope too .
He lifted his gaze . The pounding of the heavy metal music in the bar pierced his left ear and the heartbreaking sobs of this fragile beauty before him filled his right ear .
For reasons unknown, a sense of powerlessness coursed through his body .
He suddenly could not bear this anymore, so he cradled her face in his hands and stared at it .
“Couldn"t it be me?”
Advertis.e.m.e.nt He posed that question in his sultry and magnetic voice, while he peered at her face with knitted brows .
“Must it be him? Couldn"t it be me, instead?” he emotionally reiterated .
She was startled and a little confused by his sudden queries .
“I am able to do whatever Mu Yazhe is able to do and can provide you with whatever he can provide . Anything he can"t give or promise, I can offer to you, too . ” After spouting everything in nearly one breathing, he then closely monitored the changes in her facial expression .
“Let me ask you again; couldn"t it be me?”
Her eyes bulged momentarily in astonishment . Moisture could be found beading on her lashes .
The moment she comprehended his words, her expression froze entirely from shock .
His handsome face closed in on hers . In the next second, he touched his thin lips on the corner of her eye and gently dried it of tears with a kiss .
Her face hardened even more from this unprecedented kiss .
He did not stop there, though . His feathery kisses landed successively on her lashes and sucked the moisture away from there . His loving lips then arrived at the tip of her nose and proceeded to graze it like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water .
However, before his lips could reach hers, she came back to her senses, and she shoved him away in a fl.u.s.ter thereafter .
“Don"t do this…” With bated breath, she turned her face away from him . She could hardly handle his sudden action . “I only… regard you as a senior in the industry . I don"t harbor other thoughts . ”
In response to her shocking words, he only showed a smile before he said, “Mhm… I"m aware . ”
He knew .
Still, he wanted to fight for her .
A sudden pang of loneliness. .h.i.t him . She glanced at him, feeling uneasy and a little guilty .
She could sense his feelings for her, but she was unable to reciprocate them .
She held nothing but admiration and respect for him .
Since she had no feelings for him, she should neither get close to him nor give him false hope, lest she bring him bitter disappointment .
She could not bear to do that .
The look on her face somehow clued him in on her shock at his sudden kisses .
He stretched his hand out to gently scuffle her hair . “I"m sorry . I"ve gone too far in teasing you . ”
“N-No worries . ” She easily accepted his apology on the outside .
Meanwhile, on the inside, she was filled with fright by his out-of-character proposal .
With her back on him, agony fleeted across her eyes for a moment before she forced out a smile for him . “Le-Let"s go back . ”
She proceeded to make her way back to the booth ahead of him .
He feebly displayed a grin as he trailed after her .
The two headed in the same direction while they bore different thoughts .
If she just looked behind her now, she would see the misery on his face .
This misery was like a needle deeply p.r.i.c.king his lung, causing pain to shoot through his bones with his every breath .