Chapter-35*One Of Them Wants To Accept Me.*

Zelene Sallow:

His quiet gaze held a plethora of emotions, compelling me to meet his eyes once more. However, I hesitated, recalling the overwhelming sense of confusion from our last eye contact.

With a deep sigh, I attempted to walk past him, but my steps came to an abrupt halt as his soft words reached my ears. "Can we talk?" he murmured.

It was a challenge to fathom that the same man who had forsaken me, who had spurned me and consistently instilled a sense of unworthiness and mistrust, now sought a conversation in a tone of defeat.

"Pardon me?" I had to turn towards him to verify I wasn't concocting illusions. Having once deluded myself into believing in his love, I had come to accept that anything was conceivable.

"Could we talk for a moment?" he inquired once more, and this time, a shift occurred within me. How could he employ that tone with me? Did he genuinely believe that speaking softly would convince me to comply with his desires?

"I don't have the time for a conversation t