Chaper 34 Zachary’s Feelings Have Changed
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All the while, be kept drinking and eventually domeneid attentive fini
The band shrunk, a bet of bottles on the way, but he was still somewhai salı
Aether grabbed his hand to stop hina. “Maopodiulang. Nouchedinek
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Aelbert — Worried that she started crying, “Stop drinking, so much, Zachary,
“And what night do you have to care about me? in Wlial capichly die you tailing aluni muse
“Asroommates! Also, we’re friends. Tear about you as you friend!” Aetherhooked shirrue,
|But Zachary didn’t seem pleased. Instead, he snapped, “Who wants to be triends with you?‘
Aether flinched at his elbunst, feeling busi
Her eyes welled up
Zachary was so barsh his voter, bls tone, and even bis expression.
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1 to make bins this angay? She was seated of the drunk Zachary,
She lmeted firm head and timidly asked, “If we’re not ridends, then what are we?”
Zachary wasn’t fully drunk. If he were, he wouldn’t have made it back in the sana sately,
He was only halfway there, full of pent–upliustration, and somehow, in the heat of the moment, hushbuted out that he wasrtbertatemi.
He rebised to admin it and didn’t want to aclamedge these strange feelings. He couldn’t accept the idea of being
He tried to shake off the indocandness and coldly said, “You’re not even worthy of being my friend, You’re trash from Class F. You don’t deserve tuber friends withi someone from Class Slike me, ”
Aether’s eyes tumed frd, and tears theatened to tall. ut she held then back.
“I understand. Towerstepped tiny boundaries, I won’t call myself your filenil anymore.
Zachary, don’t be mad. I’ll be more careful with my woods from now on.” Her voice grew smaller, as if she were fambling herself.
but lies tone, herred, tear–filled eyes, and her wet lashes with shed tears—made her look so pitiful.
Zachary couldn’t help bat sotjen up. “It’s not even your fault. I’m the one being seasonable. Why don’t you snap back at me? Why would you change yourself just
“Because you’re not someone else to me. Even if you don’t acknowledge the, and even If you think I’s trash or whatever, to me, you’re my benefactor. You’re a good person, and Lurant to sepay you,” Arther sincerely sold.
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“You’re really someiling. I called you frash, and you still think in a good person. What an id
He then topped onto the bed and log on back
Hetelt as thaugh he were driving balanseli
‘Zachary bittedly scolled, though his yoke carried a trace of
Sove, bemed to be cactice and never buddened by thoughts like these, but ever since he met Aether, his mind had become a mess–atangled, trustrating mess
And it was driving him crazy
chany wasn’t in a good mood, so she didn’t disturb him stead, she went to make him some hangovet tea.
Chor it was traily, she bought the tracer to him and gently said, “Zachary, does you head hunt you teel mmell? Do you want some hanguvet tea!ft might
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Zachary looked at Aether’s wain, gentle face and caught the talot scent of tea
Suddenly, something in his heart slatted, and be even stated nagling beli lile after mange he would come home duck in a business dinner, and Arthet
Whende left for work in the morning, Aether would greet him like always, make his beaktast, and watching. Then, she would wait for him to came home late into the night.
Meller’s volor was suff, and she was so sweet aiul silly. It always brought al warmth to his icy beau The would always be a place for his life
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She really couldach understand Zadury.
Prople always said women were hard to read, but Arther felt like men were even more unpredictable. They always acted strangely
“There’s poore tea, Zarbury. I’ll store some in a thermos for you” Aether started printing the tea
“If you want to drink, just take it firm there. The themins is clean, I washed it. You can drink straight from
Zarlary didet impond.
After flul, Aether grabbed her clothes and went to the bathroom
When she was dour, she planned to dry her hair. But jout as the picked the hairdryer up, Zachary munched it away. He then stood behind her and dried her hair for
That was when Aether noticed that the thermos had been opened. It seemed like Zachary had drunk some in the ent
As he dried her hat, Zachary’s gaze kept difting to her neck and collabors. When he looked even lower, he even thought he saw adeavage
He thought that he had to be really drunk to imagine a cleavage nila mali
Zachary shook his head, trying to snap lamsell out of it
He quickly finished drying Aether’s hair and let go “Dimpe
He then awsided her gaze, put the halidiyer down, and went back in latched before lying down with
But even with his eyesdosed, Zachary maddn’t sleep.
Arther touched her still–damp hair, feeling a lot helpless.
She had no choice but to let it air dry.
Slowly, her hair dried completely. After that, she turned off the lights and lay down, disiting into deep sleep.
Time passed little by linde, but Zachary felt unduvandily bot – so dut that he couldn’t sleep
His mind was filled with thoughts of kissing Aether. Her long, slender neck, along with those maddening eyelashes were all he could think of.
Aether was a man, yet Zachary couldn’t stop these destres from rising inslite him. Unable to sleep, he got up in the middle of the night and took arold shower.
However, when he walked out, he saw Aether’s face in the darlight by his bed, she looked so alluring and fragile..
The lost his mind again.
He couldn’t help but move cloker, kneel by her bedside, and kiss her.
