"W-What do you mean?" Maria asked, she didn't want to assume anything. Even though she knew what could be the meaning of it, she stopped her mind from assuming things. She wanted to hear them directly from Alaia's lips. She wants Alaia to say it herself and not just make her feel it.
Alaia smiled and caressed Maria's cheek. "I will abandon my revenge plan. I will no longer avenge my dead father and brother. I will just live here, with you, for the rest of our lives. Would you? Would you spend the rest of your life with me?"
Maria secretly pinched herself, just checking if she really wasn't dreaming. When she felt the pain that she, herself, inflicted, she felt her eyes getting watery again. But this time, she didn't let them fall out of her eyes. She has been crying for almost the whole day. She doesn't want Alaia to think that she was a crybaby, though she really is.
