Revenge and wishes were different. Who would save you? Who would kill you? - It all came down to that - SAKURASE AYAKA

Cat looked guardedly at Alex and felt a flash of panic-y fear that she wasn't completely able to hide.

"What? Like the proposal, you made me the day we met after eight years?"

"I was angry. Am angry. Fuck Cat," His voice rubbed like sandpaper against her senses.

"No thanks. I'm all out of fresh chances," She tried to remain strong.

"Just listen to me. I want you to give us a chance...a fair one. This time without any secrets or lies between us. The chance we deserved if you hadn't run off eight years, nine months, eleven days, twenty-one hours ago," He whispered stepping closer and feathered a barely-there caress with the back of his hand across her cheek.

"Not that I'm counting or anything," He smirked.