Chapter 177 I Love You

• Hanna watched him swallow convulsively. She felt terribly helpless, praying to have the courage and enough confidence to cross the huge abyss that she felt was opening between the two of them. However, she could do nothing but feel frustration. If she hugged him, she would shatter their fragile relationship. He was too proud.
• "We'll talk later," Ares said, trying to appear calm. "You need some time alone to think."
• It was him who needed to be alone, thought the young woman, interpreting his words without difficulty. He was going to leave her. That was what he had told her so many times. She had been fair, honest, and reasonable, more than she could have been, and yet Ares was drifting further and further away.