82: Do Not Choose Me

SUNSHINE:

I waved my hands, and retorted, "I am tired from fighting those thugs, Knoxx. I almost cannot move my body. You can tell me your answer later after you return."

I believed it would be better that way. Less stress for me and I could relax. At least that was what I believed.

Knoxx continued watching me as if I had grown horns on my head.

"Are you sure?" he asked for the second time.

"Yes? Why? Is there something else that you will do there that needs my presence?"

After what Thalia had confessed, I was not certain if my views on Brody remained the same. Why did the men around me sound so complicated?

"Why?"

"Why what?" I asked when he did not stop giving me weird looks.

He opened his mouth and it took longer before words came out of his mouth.

"H-Have you already decided, Sunshine? Am I too late? I-is there no chance for m-me?"

I could not believe that Knoxx was stammering in front of me now. He was an eloquent speaker. So sure of himself and now he was stammering?

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