Viviana shook her head. He didn't promise her the one thing she asked for. So, why should she do what he asks of her? She didn't have the guts to face him and bowed her head.
"You won't?" he asked.
He sounded disappointed. She couldn't bear it. "I don't want to jinx it, Leander. Everyone who loved me…" she lifted her head up and met his eyes. "…are dead."
He scoffed. There was a cocky smirk hanging by his lips as if she said something absurd. Maybe for him, her suggestion that fate takes away people who love her from her is absurd. But for her, it's her experience and hence the truth.
"I'm not dying," he said. "Look at me," he pinched her chin to make her face him. "I am not going to die just because you love me. I will not allow that to happen. I want to live a long life, with you."
