Chapter Thirty Three

~Gunther~

"Should we become friends instead?" Out of the blue, Agathe asked as though I had not just told her how I felt.

Hold on. What the fuck is she talking about?

"Forgive me but I don't feel the same way about you." I blinked in confusion, my body was getting numbed by the second, unable to believe what I had just heard from her mouth.

She had just told me that I could have at least tried, so why is she saying that now?

I could see how badly she wanted me as well from the look in her eyes. So, why on earth is she uttering such rubbish?

I have never had to deal with rejection before in my life. It was something I do to other people, not the other way around.

I had turned down a ton of business deals, women who almost threw themselves at me, and those people who begged me not to kill them whenever I was bored.

Agathe kept shedding tears, but I won't be fooled by that for much longer. "Are you indeed rejecting me?"

"I'm sorry. I just can't-" I bit my lower lip in annoyance, cu