บท 117: I Will Wait

He trailed his hands down to her lips and grazed them with his thumb. "You are the only woman I have ever fallen for and loved in my life, to the point I find myself unable to stop or let go." He leaned down and smelled her scent with his eyes shut.

Alesea's body shuddered, and she closed her eyes, inhaling his scent. "If all you said is true, then why are you pushing me away? Why say all this to me now, after I have accepted your rejection?" 

Alex's eyes fluttered, and he raised his head to gaze deeply into her eyes. He caressed her cheek and an unknown glint she couldn't quite catch flickered in his gray eyes. "Alesea... I love you very much, but... I am finding it hard to be with yo-"