I won what?

Aleksis frowned, not understanding what he meant to say. "I won what?"

Alaric opened his eyes and gave her a small smile, "You won, my lady. I will follow your words. To be honest, I am desperately holding myself back to avoid falling in love with you, because I know our time will be limited, and I don't want to compromise my heart once the time to say goodbye comes... But because you are willing to take the risk, I will too. If you are willing to have your heart broken just for the sake of that someone you love, then I will too ..."

Aleksis took a few seconds to understand Alaric's words because her mind suddenly refused to work.

"So you mean ... You want to take this chance and try a relationship with me?" she asked in disbelief.