He knew that she would panic.
He knew that all this will be too taxing for her. So taking a deep exasperated breath, Raymond looked at Akira and said,
"I have made a deal with the Devil to stay away from you."
For a moment Akira simply couldn't register what she heard. She distanced herself from Raymond by an inch and then asked him with a tone filled with astonishment,
"You did what?"
Raymond closed his eyes and gasped for air. He knew that explaining all this to Akira would be difficult. But he didn't want to keep her in dark. He was done keeping any sorts of secrets from her. So he was ready to explain everything to her in the best way that he could.
"My father, Sebastian, doesn't want me to be with you."
"But why wouldn't he want me to be with you. This is absurd."
