Chapter 352 I love you (1/2)
Alex was sleeping soundly as Rachel placed his head on her lap. It has been a year since they last met, but it seems like a lot of things have changed. This face of his remained the same yet the expressions it showed was more than before. The look Alex gave her was the look of despair and hopelessness, it was a look Rachel could never associate with Alex before this incident. That just proved how much Alex had to go through while being trapped in here for the past year.
Rachel looked around the room, it had a lot of bloodstains, a lot of cracks from the walls to the ceiling, it even had scratches here and there. This showed Rachel all the struggles Alex had to endure while staying in this small room.
She then saw Alex's body through his torn up shirt and saw his numerous wounds, there were a lot of different types from gun wounds, stab wounds, burns, and many more.
'After not meeting you for a year, I always yearned to see you... But, not like this... How much suffering must you have gone through... If I could, I would've gladly accompanied you through your suffering... NO, if I could I would've never allowed this to happen. I'm sorry that I was so weak, I'm sorry that you always get hurt and I can do nothing about it.'
Rachel caressed Alex's face as tears fell down her beautiful face, falling onto Alex's cheeks. She couldn't help it, right here in front of her was the boy she so longed to meet. Yet the way they reunited wasn't how she dreamt it to be, it was a bittersweet feeling as she felt both happy and sad at the same time.
While Rachel was wallowing in her feelings, she felt a warm hand touching her face wiping away the tears.
”Why are you crying, Rachel? Did that b*stard make you cry? Don't worry no matter what I'll protect you.”
As he said this, Alex touched her face and slowly caressed it. Rachel took hold of Alex's hand and the two looked each other in the eye and felt a burning desire within them. Without even thinking Rachel suddenly pounced on Alex and kissed him. At first, Alex was surprised by the kiss, but then he responded in kind.
The kissing started with a peck on the lips, and then it escalated to deeper kisses. The two of them took each other's breath away. If not for the cameras installed in the room that Alex couldn't destroy, this kissing session would've escalated into something more.
After a few minutes of making out, Alex and Rachel finally stopped. It was then Rachel remembered what Richter told her. After telling Alex the thing Richter said, she noticed his face twitch a bit. If it was the Alex from before, it would be nearly impossible to guess what he was thinking, but now it was a bit easier.
”What choice does that monster need you to make?” Alex couldn't respond to that question as he hesitated on what to say. Rachel was quick to notice his hesitation and spoke first.
”Alex, no matter what it is you can tell me. Please trust me, and tell me the situation so that I can help you.”
Rachel looked at Alex who was in pain and felt that she too was in pain. Alex who saw the pained expression of Rachel's couldn't decide on what to do. If he told her what will happen, it might break her, and Alex didn't want that to happen. But if he doesn't tell her what the choice he needs to make was, and she eventually finds out that too might break her.
It was then Alex once again looked at Rachel and saw that determined look of hers. He also noticed other things, it would seem that the one year he hasn't seen her Rachel has been through a lot. Rachel's beautiful skin that used to be smooth and clean now has scars here and there. She even has burnt marks. It wasn't at the same level as Alex's but it was still a body that went through numerous battles.