"I might get tortured later, but… will give me the honor of being your husband?"
Cosette's mind went blank the moment Maxen took out the small box, making her heart thump loudly in her ears. Everything he said after that sounded distant because all she could hear was her own heartbeat. But when that last question rolled out of his mouth, it brought her back from her trance.
Her eyes shook, gulping down the tension in her throat. Staring back at Maxen, an inexplicable amount of emotions swelled in her chest. It reminded her of something in her previous life.
These emotions in her heart were just as intense as those emotions in her previous life. The only difference was that Cosette felt like she was on cloud nine and not crumbling down. Thinking about it, a thick layer of tears coated her eyes.
"Huh?" Maxen panicked as soon as tears rolled down her cheek.
"What did you say?" he froze when her shaking voice caressed his ears.
"What?"
