Chapter 77 Proposal

• It was very difficult to breathe, but even harder to open my eyes. I could hear a barely audible whisper of a familiar voice and wanted to see the person who was saying such enticing words to me.
• " Open your eyes, my sleeping beauty, " Alan whispered gently, and I could feel his lips touching my hand after each word. I twitched my fingers in response to the pleasant contact and heard a faint rustling. " Zoya, can you hear me? I know you can. As soon as you wake up, I will kneel before you and ask you to be my wife."
• " I agree, " I barely managed to say with my tongue, surprised at how strange my voice sounded. As if in a vacuum attached to my face.