Chapter 207 Love, Past and Present 4 (1/2)

Chapter 207 Love, Past and Present 4

Aldrich looked at Valera's hopeful eyes and smiled back "If you put it like that, then there's no reason for me to refuse, is there?"

Valera's eyes widened further "Does thatyes I' to try I don't knohere this path will lead us, but I' to walk it with you " Aldrich nodded He did not know too hat he was getting into

He kne to play the part of a confident flirt in case he needed to infiltrate eneured he would never have to play that part beyond just regular flirting

Actually being in a dedicated, long ter he had never factored as a valuable asset to hi before he could get into a relationshi+p like that Or if he did, it would only just cause pain for both parties

But Valera made it obvious that he did not have to worry about that She was strong The only thing he worried about was hurting her because hisunable to properly love her, but she illing to accept that

To try, as she had said

And, Aldrich would never ad loved

It was a feeling he had alotten until his encounter with his Boundary core Maybe it was because that memory was so recent that he was ic and warotten

As Aldrich re his full of force and i so in the world to her She buried her face in his chest, and he could feel warm tears on his shi+rt

"Are you okay, Valera?" said Aldrich, so aard about it There was so 'official' that really did s easier

"Yes, yes I am I was simply nervous," said Valera She looked up at Aldrich with a bea the corners of her red eyes "I illing to accept any answer you gavelike a coward – it was unsightly"

She turned her head away, asha to be asha with this are entirely different things You're no coward for reacting like that" said Aldrich He could sympathize with her, especially after he had faced his fears in his Boundary core

He, like her, could face life threatening danger without batting an eye, but when it came to matters of the heart, they were just nervous trainees that either did not knohat to do or had run fro For always understanding" Valera closed her eyes in bliss as she snuggled up to Aldrich

"I'll keep trying to," said Aldrich He i meant and how to opti', by the way? In ays do you want me to try? What do you think is the led at Aldrich's voiced thoughts

"H so far ahead Always thinking about the details," said Valera She shook her head "When you put it like that, it really does kill the romance out of what I said, does it not? But it is so very much like you I like that side of you, but for now, all I want you do is to hold me

And when you holdI want you to just stay with me in the present Let yourlost in a future we have no idea about"

Aldrich held her, and she kept up her content smile as she basked in his embrace He looked down at her and took her advice He stopped thinking so hard for aon her, on her wared to relax

It was an al For so many years, he had never once been able to relax hison her war memories surfaced Of how it had felt to be held by his parents when he was a child without a single care in the world, how co and waro

Maybe…

Aldrich fell into Valera's e away He closed his eyes

They stayed like that together for what felt like

"I want hugs too"

Aldrich and Valera both i at the source of the voice The Chrysalis was on the edge of the bed, but because she was so sreen eyes peeped out She put her pale hands over the top of the bed, asking to be raised up

"I love hugs Not fair you two get them but not lanced at Valera, wondering if she was ticked off about this interruption But on the contrary, she looked at the Chrysalis with a gentle and aot off the bed and picked the Chrysalis up in her arh I as I want it," said the Chrysalis She cocked her head and looked at Aldrich She pointed at his too, especially at the end I want both"

"Coently, and the Chrysalis nodded in contentment

"Not bad," said the Chrysalis like she was soain "Now it's your turn"

"What is this, an interview?" Aldrich sighed but could not help but feel amused He took the Chrysalis into his arms as well, and as he did so, he wondered about the Chrysalis According to the Death Lord, the Chrysalis was essentially a ood' side

And it would seeood side was all from when he was little Before he had been shaped by the world into the killer he was today

In a way, then, the Chrysalis was a living eoodness that he had buried long ago Did that mean she picked up his habits as a kid, too? That included things like boundless curiosity and a penchant for asking for hugs

"Bad," said the Chrysalis She shook her head vigorously

"What? What parae this?" said Aldrich

"You think too " The Chrysalis pointed to Valera "Not like the one you gave her"