Chapter 617: Chapter 616 Feeling as if Being Trained_1
Only the two of them were left in the room.
Veronica looked down at Aiden from above, revealing a meaningful smile, "Now there’s no one to disturb us, Commander."
"Then I think you can get off me," Aiden tried to persuade.
At such close distance, relying solely on physical strength, he truly couldn’t overpower Veronica, not to mention his body wasn’t responding at the moment.
The paralytic drug clearly had limited effect on werewolves; Veronica still had the strength to pin him down after drinking, whereas he was completely paralyzed.
Even if he wanted to use divine words, Veronica, who knew his trump card, could immediately stop him.
Of course, if he hadn’t been so unguarded and drank that cup of wine, and had been caught off guard by a sneak attack, he wouldn’t have fallen into this predicament.
"No! You’ll definitely use divine words immediately, let’s talk like this!" Veronica pouted and then suddenly grinned, "Besides, I like it this way. Now, I call the shots, Commander."
Aiden realized that Veronica wasn’t exactly sober at the moment, but she had an extremely sharp intuition; simple deception wouldn’t work on her.
No, why deceive? Although Veronica had lost the restraint of reason, her innermost feelings hadn’t changed. It was precisely because a slight resentment had arisen between them that someone had taken advantage of her vulnerability.
Veronica suddenly began to search up and down Aiden’s body.
"What are you doing?" Aiden was taken aback.
"Commander, where is your ’The Codex’?" Veronica tried to reach into Aiden’s collar.
"What do you want that for?" Aiden didn’t understand at first, but quickly figured it out, "You want to write the rule ’prohibit lying’?"
"We need to... have a heart-to-heart talk," Veronica said and then belched.
Aiden was silent for a moment and then let out a breath, "No need for ’The Codex’, I swear I’ll tell you the truth."
"And no avoiding questions," Veronica immediately added.
"Alright, no avoiding," Aiden agreed as well.
"Commander, you actually know that I like you, right?" Veronica stared at Aiden.
"Ah, yes, I know," Aiden answered truthfully.
We’re all adults here; if we really have to face such a topic, there’s nothing to evade.
Aiden knew that Veronica liked him, and Veronica also knew that Aiden was aware of it, but they just implicitly agreed not to burst that bubble.
Veronica had always let her feelings develop naturally, hoping to gradually close the distance with Aiden, until it was the right moment to address what was unsaid.
But when she was almost there, she realized she had hit an invisible wall—Aiden’s fate, so close at hand, kept him from focusing on a distant emotional commitment.
"Hmph, and you said you’d tell the truth?" Veronica scoffed as if she had heard a joke, "You really have no clue, Commander."
"I truly know," Aiden emphasized, thinking this must be another drunken outburst, "Calm down first."
"So what if I’m not calm?" Veronica said without concern, "When I’m rational, I only suppress my own heart, so it’s no wonder you don’t understand! Yes, you just... don’t understand at all! You don’t understand... how much I like you!"
Veronica reached out and placed her hand on Aiden’s face without any restraint, caressing it back and forth: "For me, it has to be you, and no one else."
"..." Aiden didn’t know what to say for a moment; Veronica’s bold move had also left him a bit at a loss.
"But you tell me you might die and ask me to take care of things afterward?" Veronica narrowed her eyes, "Whether you disappear from this world or someone else replaces you, to me it’s like the sky falling down, yet you speak lightly of me handling all this as if... my feelings for you are nothing. Do you know how cruel that sounds?"
"That’s not what I meant," Aiden explained.
"I know that’s not what you meant, you just didn’t take it seriously. But this kind of neglect is the most painful thing for me," Veronica said as she cupped Aiden’s face. "For you, I could even give up my life, I can give you everything without expecting anything in return, but I cannot tolerate being ignored like this."
"Veronica, I’m someone who could die at any moment, and I might drag you into danger," Aiden said seriously.
"I’ve thought it through, and I’ve made it clear that I don’t mind," Veronica pouted unhappily.
"I’ve also said that I do mind," Aiden stated earnestly.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Veronica frowned.
Aiden’s eyes widened suddenly—such words, the usual Veronica probably wouldn’t say directly to him even if the sky fell down.
Within two days, he had been confronted by two different women.
"Don’t I have more of a say in this matter?" Veronica reached out to pat Aiden’s face, venting her inner dissatisfaction, "Can you just make decisions for me because you care? Put away that uncomfortable concern of yours, and don’t think you can do whatever you want just because I like you."
"Stop it, Veronica! Cut it out!" Aiden struggled to fend off her drunken antics.
"Ah, sorry, I accidentally..." Veronica quickly stopped, thought for a moment, and then suddenly leaned in with a mischievous smile.
Before Aiden could react, he felt a warm, soft touch brush past him like a dragonfly skimming over water.
"Hehe, that didn’t hurt, did it?" Veronica said with a dazed smile.
Uh?
Aiden blinked twice, his mind a blank.
Suddenly, there was this feeling... as if he were being trained.
If Fille had continued to stay here and witnessed this scene, she probably would have been furious enough to go mad.
"Listen up, Chief. There are only two reasons that would make me willingly give up," Veronica said, her expression suddenly serious again as she held up two fingers, "One is if you’re truly dead—mere possibilities of death are not enough to make me give up, and you’re not allowed to bring it up again."
"Well, that’s one reason I truly can’t give," Aiden sighed, "What about the other?"
"The other..." Veronica’s complexion visibly darkened, "is if you don’t like me and you don’t want me to like you. Just say the word, and I won’t bother you anymore, I’ll lock away these feelings, and maintain the proper distance between a superior and a subordinate. So..."
Veronica leaned in closer, staring intently into Aiden’s eyes as she asked, "Tell me, what do you think of me?"
