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CHAPTER 155
"I do not need you or my dad and brother protecting me. I can take responsibility for my actions, Kai. I am not that small girl you and Zale watched grow up. I love you!"
With every movement of her hands, as she opened up to him, the water behind her reacted, turning a messy look ready for an attack as she swam fast, slamming her door open with her powers and leaving her room with him behind.
Her outburst had left the young merman stupefied. In the end, everything he had tried to do and how he went about it simply went down the drain.
'Stupid me. Stupid, stupid me. I should never have responded to her kiss.' He lamented within. 'But then, she would have felt devastated and I was only trying to prevent that. Zale, what do I do? Father, I fear I may have ruined our relationship completely.'