Chapter 226

"You'd better mean what you say!" Sebastian's fingers dug tightly into Valeria's slender shoulders, almost sinking into her. He squeezed hard before letting go, bones creaking, his eyes bloodshot. "You trample over my heart again and again. You say I don't understand what love is. Valeria, I'm human too! My heart is made of flesh and blood. What is love to you? Tell me, what is love?" Valeria felt the strength in his grip, steel-like, restraining her arms. She didn't struggle. She held back the sting gathering in her eyes. Her voice trembled, hoarse. "Love is not needing to have you. It's watching you from afar and seeing you get better and better. It's the moment you appear, once you step into my space, I just know. It's you. "Sebastian, do you really love me? I'm not the one you love." She wanted to add, "Do you even know who I am?" but she held back. The night wind made the corners of Valeria's eyes dry and red, her hair blowing messily, strands faintly covering her face. "L