Chapter 524 - Philia - Eros - Agape (1/2)

Aleksis closed her eyes and enjoyed the breeze that caressed her long hair. Indeed, the atmosphere was very pleasant and romantic with the moonlight as the only lighting.

Hmm... She remembered that a long time ago when she was little and first came to this conservation, she couldn't sit still at all. She would run around and do things that would make Lauriel shake his head.

Ah... If she wasn't mistaken, she once chased a rabbit here and there and sat on a big rock that looked alike to this one.

BAM!

Suddenly, Aleksis turned to her right and left several times and realized that this was indeed the rock that was in her memory. How could she forget?

Her heart beat faster. Slowly, her eyes turned to the left and looked for something on the rock.

Oh... It's still there, she thought sadly.

Aleksis unconsciously took a deep breath. Her mind returned to fifteen years ago when she was a teenager. At that time, she was still naive and obsessed with Prince Siegfried. She had carved her name and Prince Siegfried's with a knife on this large rock.

And just now, she realized that the carving of their two names was still there. Her chest felt tight. For some reason, she was always reminded of Alaric wherever she went, even though in a month she would marry Nicolae. Now, her future husband was even sitting with her enjoying the moon.

She closed her eyes and tried to forget the two names carving. She had to take Nicolae home before he saw them. Aleksis knew she had to protect Nicolae's feelings.

”Aleksis...” Nicolae's voice suddenly broke the silence and shocked Aleksis.

”Yes... What's up?” Aleksis asked, turning her head to the side. She found Nicolae looking at her without blinking. Aleksis waved her hand in front of Nicolae's face, who immediately smiled and shook his head. ”Hey... Why aren't you blinking?”

”It's okay. I was just thinking,” Nicolae said to her.

”What were you thinking of?” Aleksis inquired, instantly forgetting the carving that had made her worry. Seeing Nicolae behaving unlike his usual self made her worry.

”Aleksis... Do you love me?”

Nicolae's sudden question surprised Aleksis. So far, Nicolae had never openly asked her this.

Nicolae expressed his love several times to her and even proposed to her one night while they were on holiday together in Iceland, but the young man never asked for an answer from Aleksis.

He never even gave a time limit for Aleksis to answer his proposal, and Aleksis herself decided to answer it four years later.

Aleksis looked closely at Nicolae and frowned, astonished at the question, ”Why are you suddenly asking that? I wouldn't be marrying you if I don't love you.”

Nicolae nodded, ”Of course. But there are three types of love in this world. Eros, Philia, and Agape. What love do you love me with?”

Aleksis looked at Nicolae and immediately understood his meaning. She touched Nicolae's cheek and answered honestly, ”I love you with Philia. You are my best friend, my brother, and my family.”

Nicolae nodded and touched Aleksis' hand which was rubbing his cheek, ”That's enough for me. Thank you.”

Aleksis saw Nicolae's pair of blue eyes glittering and she wondered why he would suddenly ask such a question one month before they were about to get married.

”How about you?” Aleksis asked afterward.

Nicolae pulled Aleksis's right hand from his cheek and kissed it while closing his eyes, and so his words sounded very solemn, ”I love you with Eros, Philia, and Agape. I love you with all types of love there is in this world.”