章 409: I Deserve to Die

“What’s wrong?” Alexander looked at his friend’s aghast expression and asked, “Why do you look so terrified?” He couldn’t understand why his friend suddenly looked as though he just saw someone die.

Rather than answering, Everard kept on clasping his mouth tightly and sitting there motionless as though he had suddenly turned into a statue.

Seeing his friend like that, Alexander lifted his hand so as to grab Everard’s shoulder and shake him. However, he changed his mind at the last moment thinking that it might not be a good idea, and ended up gently poking Everard on the arm.

“Eve?”

Everard finally turned to face Alexander. However, he looked as though he was about to break into tears. And before Alexander could ask anything, he removed his palm from his mouth and began apologizing profusely.

“I’m so sorry, Alex! I should have never come here… I didn’t mean to do that…”