Chapter 352
Alex was sleeping soundly as Rachel placed his head on her lap . It has been a year since they last met, but it seems like a lot of things have changed . This face of his remained the same yet the expressions it showed was more than before . The look Alex gave her was the look of despair and hopelessness, it was a look Rachel could never associate with Alex before this incident . That just proved how much Alex had to go through while being trapped in here for the past year .
Rachel looked around the room, it had a lot of bloodstains, a lot of cracks from the walls to the ceiling, it even had scratches here and there . This showed Rachel all the struggles Alex had to endure while staying in this small room .
She then saw Alex's body through his torn up shirt and saw his numerous wounds, there were a lot of different types from gun wounds, stab wounds, burns, and many more .
'After not meeting you for a year, I always yearned to see you . . . But, not like this . . . How much suffering must you have gone through . . . If I could, I would've gladly accompanied you through your suffering . . . NO, if I could I would've never allowed this to happen . I'm sorry that I was so weak, I'm sorry that you always get hurt and I can do nothing about it . '
Rachel caressed Alex's face as tears fell down her beautiful face, falling onto Alex's cheeks . She couldn't help it, right here in front of her was the boy she so longed to meet . Yet the way they reunited wasn't how she dreamt it to be, it was a bittersweet feeling as she felt both happy and sad at the same time .
While Rachel was wallowing in her feelings, she felt a warm hand touching her face wiping away the tears .
"Why are you crying, Rachel? Did that b*stard make you cry? Don't worry no matter what I'll protect you . "
As he said this, Alex touched her face and slowly caressed it . Rachel took hold of Alex's hand and the two looked each other in the eye and felt a burning desire within them . Without even thinking Rachel suddenly pounced on Alex and kissed him . At first, Alex was surprised by the kiss, but then he responded in kind .
The kissing started with a peck on the lips, and then it escalated to deeper kisses . The two of them took each other's breath away . If not for the cameras installed in the room that Alex couldn't destroy, this kissing session would've escalated into something more .
After a few minutes of making out, Alex and Rachel finally stopped . It was then Rachel remembered what Richter told her . After telling Alex the thing Richter said, she noticed his face twitch a bit . If it was the Alex from before, it would be nearly impossible to guess what he was thinking, but now it was a bit easier .
"What choice does that monster need you to make?" Alex couldn't respond to that question as he hesitated on what to say . Rachel was quick to notice his hesitation and spoke first .
"Alex, no matter what it is you can tell me . Please trust me, and tell me the situation so that I can help you . "
Rachel looked at Alex who was in pain and felt that she too was in pain . Alex who saw the pained expression of Rachel's couldn't decide on what to do . If he told her what will happen, it might break her, and Alex didn't want that to happen . But if he doesn't tell her what the choice he needs to make was, and she eventually finds out that too might break her .
It was then Alex once again looked at Rachel and saw that determined look of hers . He also noticed other things, it would seem that the one year he hasn't seen her Rachel has been through a lot . Rachel's beautiful skin that used to be smooth and clean now has scars here and there . She even has burnt marks . It wasn't at the same level as Alex's but it was still a body that went through numerous battles .
'I see . . . Rachel isn't the same weak girl as before . She has become someone strong . . . ' Even though Rachel was already strong before all of these events happening, Alex has always viewed her as someone weak and feeble, but now he wasn't able to say she was weak . Rachel without knowing has earned Alex's approval as a merc .
"I'm sorry Rachel, it seems that I have offended you . . . You truly became someone strong . . . Way stronger than someone like me . . . Fine, I will tell you what the choice I needed to make was, but before that, I need to tell you something else . "
Alex started to explain to Rachel why he was bothering her the first time they met . He told her that he was a merc and that he was on a mission to protect her .
"At first I wanted to protect you because of my mission, but now I want to protect you because you are important to me . I want to protect you because I love you . So please forgive me Rachel for my deception . "
Alex knelt as he bowed his head which was now touching the floor . He waited for Rachel's response, he was even ready to get slapped in the face, but none of that happened, instead, he heard Rachel suddenly laughing at him .
"I already know you were a merc . You didn't really hide it that well . " Alex raised his head and saw a smiling Rachel .
"Really? I thought that everyone needed to act with a little bit of caution . . . Was I really that obvious?"
"Yeah you were, I guess most of the students had a feeling you were a merc but didn't say anything . It's not like being a merc is special or anything . It was just the way you acted and move, it was obvious to anyone you were something along those lines . Also, truth be told, I really thought at first, the reason you kept on sticking to me was because you liked me . . . Turns out you just followed me because of a mission . " Rachel said this with a bit of a gloomy expression .
When Alex saw Rachel's expression he started to panic . He didn't know what to do in such a situation, so he hurriedly said, "it's not like that! I was, no I'm . . . I love you and that's the truth please believe me!"
Rachel who had a sour expression just moments ago suddenly giggled . It turns out her reaction moments ago was all a ruse .
"You tricked me . " Alex looked at the giggling Rachel dumbfounded .
"Oh my God, you were so cute! Stoic Alex was cool and all, but emotional Alex is so cute!" Rachel spoke with glee .
"I can't believe you did that! I was really worried you know!" Alex started shouting a bit angrily . In which Rachel responded by kissing Alex shutting him up . After the two parted lips, Rachel showed Alex her most beautiful smile to date and said, "Even with all your faults, stoic Alex, emotional Alex, no matter which side you show me, I love everything about you . "