Do not... give your life to just anyone

"Then, would it be considered sufficient compensation if the favor I ask for is your life, right?" Alice asked, staring at him with a certain look of interest in her eyes.

Devon went silent and gulped. From the way she was looking at him... If it was his life, then...

But Alice suddenly stifled a laugh. Then, she laughed.

"Haha, I was just joking." She said, wiping beneath her eyelid with her index finger to swipe out the hilarious tears that had formed in her eyes. "Believe me. I would never use your life for anything, Devon. So, don't take it seriously." She started stepping back with a hearty smile. But he suddenly caught her hand.

"No," he said, confusing her. What was he going to say this time? She wondered, looking at the seriousness in his face.

Should she just have stuck to using his life as compensation? But he looked so stunned by her words that she couldn't use that condition for much longer and had to take it back.