Her response

The moment Ethan touched her soft hand, his grip lightly tightened as if he was holding on his lifeline before he slightly loosened it. On the other hand, Lexi didn't avoid his touch as she was preoccupied to process every data Ethan Lu was delivering. 

Slowly, she turned around to see his conflicted countenance. His eyes were filled with thousands of unspoken stories that he was holding back.

Seeing this, Lexi was lost of words. She knew this was coming and prepared her outright 'no'; yet, before him, his sincerity, his honesty… the simple one word that Lexi should utter was stuck on her throat.

"All these years, I had been fooling around -- I know that I'm wasting my time but, I didn't care. I had always done things in my own way because I am that selfish, Lexi." Looking straight at her unreadable eyes, Ethan Lu lightly gritted his teeth as he exposed his dirty laundry.