Chp-35

Author Pov

"Because I liked you."

Just those four words and his whole body froze in shock. He stiffen keeping his eyes on the river even though his mind went blank after hearing her. She liked him! She fucking liked him! How this can be possible?

Fleur fell silent for a few seconds letting him digest this new information that he never thought was one of the possibilities. Taking a deep breath she tightened her grip over the railings before continuing.

"When I first met you I indeed was scared of you. But I don't know why I kept on feeling sparks whenever you were around me. I tried to ignore everything I felt for you because I thought you might not feel the same. You were always distant and cold that's why I assumed that whatever I felt for you was one-sided." She paused gulping down.

While on the other hand, Gabriel kept on feeling invisible sharp daggers slashing his heart again and again. He never thought that everything he assumed about her, every judgment he made on her was a li