Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Confession (II)

“Because I don’t want to lose you.” Davian answered without any hesitation.

Grace would have loved to believe that all this was some sort of joke he was playing with her, or maybe that everything that was happening between them was a dream, but she couldn’t make herself ignore the truth that was standing right in front of her.

She could see the truth in his eyes as he gazed at her, hear the truth in his words as he spoke, and could feel the truth in the way he reached out to cup her face with his palm.

“I’m being as honest as I possibly can, Grace. I like you… a lot… and it’s not something that happened overnight. I have liked your for a while now. All I want is to stay with you and protect you with everything that I have. Please let me.”

Had she ever heard the Davian King Parker requesting for something? Never! Not even once in those eleven long years did she ever saw him making a request to anyone. He was someone who always made demands and gave orders. But here he was, requesting her to accept him.

“But I don’t like you.” She said without any filter, and while she knew she was telling the truth something felt so wrong when she saw the hurt flickering through his eyes before Davian pulled himself together.

His hand slipped from her face and landed on her shoulder before reaching out to hold her hand, and for some unknown reason she allowed him to do so. He was silent for a moment and just stared at her hand that he was holding. But then he finally looked up and fixed his gaze on hers.

“It’s alright. You can take your time to build feelings for me, or… you can never have any feelings for me if you want. What I’m asking from you today is to accept me as your partner… like a business one. Let me stay with you and protect you.”

He sounded so genuine that Grace almost started feeling like a heartless person for saying what she did next. “What if I never developed any feelings for you? What if I ended up liking someone else? Will you still want to stay with me?”

A small smile stretched on his lips, but he wasn’t quick enough to hide the hurt in his eyes. It wasn’t disappointment he felt from her words, just hurt. “No matter what will happen in the future, I’ll be always there for you. This is my promise to you today. If you ever decide to fall in love with someone else, my feelings for you will never change and I will never force you against your wishes.”

Just what made him change so much? She wanted answer to this question so desperately. Was it because he liked her? Was that enough to completely change his demeanor?

She took in a deep breath before speaking, “Davian, listen to me. You can’t predict the future. You can’t just say that your feelings will never change. You will feel sad and disappointed if I will never return your feelings. Don’t do this to yourself.”

“I know what you are trying to say, but let me make my choice, Grace. What I want from you is for you to think about my offer from here, and not from here.” He said while pointing at her head first before pointing at her heart.

“I’m not making this offer to you just because of my feelings, I’m also thinking about myself and my people. Our partnership will make us stronger.”

And he was right about that.

Davian King Parker was one of those few names who was ruling even during the apocalypse. With his money, power, and connections, he was quick enough to buy supplies and weapons. Not only that, it was only during apocalypse that the world got to know that he had been secretly operating a special force team that emerged as the most powerful group of people who dealt with the monster beasts when they suddenly attacked the earth.

If there was anyone who could become her partner and increase her survival rate, then it was this man.

He might be telling the truth about him liking her and wanting to protect her, but at the same time, Grace could tell that he was also speaking the truth about his decision of their partnership being based on the betterment of his people.

The question was – why he suddenly wanted to make a partnership to increase their strength?

Grace inhaled deeply before she finally nodded her head in approval. “Okay. Let’s be partners.”

She watched as a genuine smile curved the corners of his lips and he shook her hand that he had been holding all this time. “Let’s be partners.”

She pulled her hand out of his and quickly turned away, confused by the sudden increase of her heart rate for no particular reason.

“Where do you want me to shift all these supplies? Let me know and I will take care of it as soon as possible.” He asked, shifting the conversation to the important matter at hand.

Grace stilled as she realized that she was faced with a big issue. What she was supposed to do now? She had no other big enough space where she could store so much supplies except for the Infinite Realm. But could she trust him enough to reveal this secret to him?

“Will you… leave me alone with these supplies for a few minutes?” She asked, not sure if what she was planning to do was the right thing or not.

Davian seemed confused, but he quickly nodded his head and stepped out of the warehouse. As usual, Grace let 2025 handle the CCTV installed within the warehouse before she shifted all the supplies within her space.

Five minutes later, she finally stepped out of the warehouse and joined Davian who was standing outside the door with his men.

“Let’s head to the next warehouse.” She said before stepping toward his car.