Chapter 26: Can't I?

"Asher, let me get up first so I can see where you hit yourself," she shouted.

"Vivi," he tightly pressed her face against his heart, as if wanting her to fully hear his heartfelt words, "Can't I be your boyfriend? I like you, really like you, more than anyone else in this world. I will definitely fall in love with you, and I'll give you all the love you desire."

He wanted her acknowledgment, he wanted her to stop resisting him, and he wanted her willingly.

She wanted to push him away, but when her fingers touched his skin, she hesitated involuntarily. A indescribable emotion spread in her chest. Was it reluctance? Sympathy? Or anguish? Even she couldn't explain it. Perhaps, as he said, his fondness for her surpassed anyone else in this world.

But...

"Can't I?" The cold and clear voice pierced into her ears like steel wires, penetrating her eardrums and tingling her nerves.

And she couldn't utter a single word.

After Declan finished reporting on the recruitment matters and place