Chapter Twenty-four

XIENNE

With a little talk with Nikolai, I suddenly became comfortable with him again. Thinking about the last time I saw him, he’s different now. His face is calm not like the last time that he looks kind of annoyed or irritated about something.

“How’s Lexy?” I asked.

He shrugged his shoulders. “We do not always see each other but I know she’s fine.”

I nodded. “How about you? How are you, Nikolai?”

It took a while before he answered, eventually sighing deeply. As usual, he looked up at the blue sky. The weather is cloudy now so the sun doesn't hurt the skin much, to add the fact that we are under the trees so we don't get hit by the sun rays.

“As usual, Xienne. I’m just fine and trying to be okay with each passing day,” he uttered.

I was silent for a moment and did not know what to say. I watched him in his entirety. Gradually his physique became more and more deteriorating, what the reason was I don’t know. I felt little pity for his condit