Hellbound With You novel Chapter 653

Chapter 653 - You're mad*

Zeres stayed very still and quiet after he roared her name. There was nothing but silence for a few moments.

He let out a shaky, vehement breath and he spoke again, now seemingly calm. "Alicia... stop doing this -"

"You are the one who should stop." She argued firmly.

"Why won’t you just listen to me?" another vehement sigh came from him before he continued with a muted, velvety voice, "why are you doing this to me?"

A disbelieving smile tugged at Alicia’s lips. "I am the one who should ask you that..." she said, trying to control herself from bursting out. "Why are you doing this?!"

Taking a deep breath, she clutched at his shirt and pulled away just enough to look at his face. She didn’t seem to realize how close their faces were. But Zeres did and he immediately faced sideways.

"Stop looking away when I’m talking..." she paused and sighed again. "Alright... if you don’t want to look at me, at least speak to me properly."

She saw his throat worked, his jaw clenching. He didn’t speak, but his hand moved and Alicia’s eyes flew wide. Her hands clasped both sides of his head and forced him to look at her.

"Don’t you dare put me to sleep again!" she hissed, glaring hard at him.

He stared back at her. "You’re giving me no choice," he said, looking away again as his hands held her wrists.

"Don’t you dare, Zeres!" Her voice intensified. "If you do that, I’ll... I’ll kill you!" she exclaimed in panic. She knew it’d be over for her if he put her to sleep again. Ezekiel’s plan... no... she can’t fail in this too!

He flashed that smile she didn’t like before facing her again. "How I wish you could." He said in a whisper and before Alicia knew it, his hand was over her hand that was holding the dagger. He had already pointed the dagger over his heart. "How about you try?" he asked in a hoarse voice.

Alicia’s eyes widened in horror. An inexplicable wave of emotions shook her entire being – anger, frustration, fear, terror, and utter defeat. "H-how could you..." she struggled to speak as her body shook, "how could you ask me that?"

Seeing her reaction, Zeres slowly took his hand off hers. "I’m sorry..." he said weakly. He let himself fell back and sat on the floor in front of her. "You should know by now how desperate I am to die." He said in a miserable voice. His elbows rested on his bended knees as his fingers tugged his hair.

"You are not desperate to die," Alicia said, swallowing to control her emotions. "You are desperate to save me."

"Yes, you are. I am the cause of this. You are doing all this madness because of me. I don’t... I don’t deserve your sacrifice." Her breathing began to become heavy, and the corner of her eyes was burning. "Why would you do all this... go through all these for my sake?! I am just someone you met not too long ago. Why would you do this for someone... for someone who’s not even special in your life?" _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}