"Chloe… my Chloe…" Vernon murmured. "I… I don't know how I am supposed to live without you. You're my guiding light. Even through the darkest time, I only have you in my mind…."
Chloe heard Vernon murmur about something. But he was muffled since he buried his face in her lap and cried because she felt that her skirt became damp because of the tears.
'Wonder what he's murmuring about,' Chloe thought. But she shrugged it off and caressed Vernon's head, "Big guy, why are you crying?"
Vernon lifted his face and stared up at Chloe with tears and snot that made his usually handsome and intimidating man look like a lost child who had finally reunited with his guardian.
"I'm—"
Snort!
"—not crying!" Vernon defended himself while he kept trying to suck the snot back to his nostril. Chloe couldn't help but giggle. She pulled a few sheets of tissues, wiped the tears, and then the snot.
