Chapter 45

　　Zach\'s hand paused, and it took a long time before he whispered, \"I know.\"

I suddenly raised my head, sad and tearful, \"Why? Since you knew that wine was poisoned, why drink it?\"

\"Because...\" Zach lowered his head, raised his hand to stroke my cheek and smiled bitterly, \"Because I don\'t want to see you sad again, I\'ve made you sad long enough, my Lisa.\"

He called me \"my Lisa.\"

The wine pot in my hand rolled down slowly, making a slight dull sound.

My body shook and even my voice couldn’t help but tremble along with it, \"You knew everything?\"

\"I knew it from the moment you woke up, your eyes could never deceive,\" he said with a slight smile, but it was sad and desolate, something I had never seen before. \"Today is the anniversary of your father\'s death. It has been ten years and I have never forgotten it. I knew that this day would come sooner or later, but I didn\'t expect it to come so fast.\"

Fast? He