Chapter 685

Elijah's eyes widened in disbelief, as if he couldn't comprehend that such cruel words had come from me. "Ari, y-you… you… you…" he stammered, repeating the word three times, completely at a loss for what to say next. Then, all at once, he became deflated. He clutched at his hair with both hairs. "Ari, you can't stop loving me. You can't…" I stared at him and said slowly, "I can stop loving you, because the person you are now is not the Elijah Linden I once knew." Pain flickered across Elijah's gaunt face as he said, "But I'm sick, Ari. I'm sick. You're supposed to care about me." I frowned. "But you don't want to get better. The way you're acting is making everyone worry." Elijah fell silent. I couldn't tell what he was thinking at the moment, but it seemed like only a harsh dose of reality might snap him out of it. After a long pause, he muttered to himself, "Ari doesn't like me like this. Ari hates me like this." I grabbed his arm, and he lifted his head in a daze. "Ari, wh