LISA [Liskook]✔️

Chapter 26

HAPPY READING

'So what?'

Lisa expected him to answer that way.

Or say 'What do you want me to do?', 'Wasn't that the case from the beginning?'

She expected him to have a cold expression as he answered in an unfeeling manner. She worried frantically if she could return an answer even colder than what his reply would be.

Truthfully, she did not want to hurt him. She initially thought that was really how she felt but she realized that she truly did not want him to be in pain.

Lisa's heart sank as she watched as a moment of inexplicable despair appeared on his face. She watched as the steel-like man expressed his pain in such a way.

He struggled to breath like a fatally wounded animal then he slowly closed his eyes and opened them.

Her heart desired to reach out to him and comfort him but her body was frozen at the sight of him.

She couldn't wrap her mind around it as the hands holding her tightly trembled.

She couldn't make herself move or say anything and it stayed like this for a short while.

He laughed bitterly then stopped and in that moment, it all disappeared like a mirage and his expression returned to its usual somewhat deadpan state.

The momentary glimpse of his emotional state before it disappeared like an illusion made her feel both confused and frustrated.

It made her feel as though she was trampling a soft cake.

"...Right. You already see the end."

His voice was much calmer than it was cold.

'He...'

Lisa felt like she had truly seen him for a short moment.

His always cold expression and tone was his armor. His coldness was not because he didn't feel anything but to hide himself so he wasn't exposed.

"Just now..." "What?" She wondered if she could have possibly dreamt for a while.

Even though she saw it, she couldn't believe it. Looking at his current expression, it made it seem like she was truly mistaken.

As she continued to silently stare at him, he opened his mouth and spoke.

"I see. It was finished from the start. This is what you meant when you asked me to send you a rose flower, right?"

When he mentioned rose flowers, Lisa's blood ran cold and she returned to reality, taking a moment to scold herself.

She was currently at a significant crossroad with him. What had started as her grumbling had at some point become something that was too late to turn back from.

"Yes... you're right."

She didn't want to cling to an invisible ending so she asked him to wake her up with a rose flower.