Chapter 25 Chapter Twenty-Five

I felt a push in my arm.When I opened my eyes, I saw darkness, either very late or very early.For a moment, I thought someone was coming to attack again, but as soon as the word was uttered, I knew it was not the case. "Ami?" I had my back to Aspen and it took me a moment to turn around and face him, in the back of my head I knew there were things between us that had to be sorted out and I just wish my heart would allow me to say them all come out. The moment I turned around and saw Aspen's bright eyes, I knew it was going to be a difficult task.Then, I saw that my room door was open.

"Aspen, are you crazy?" I whispered. "Shut the door." "No, I thought about it. If the door is open, I can tell everyone passing by that I came in to check because I heard something strange. This is my job, and no one will suspect anything." Simple and smart way, I nodded in understanding: "Okay." I turned on the little bedside light so anyone would think we had nothing to hide.I saw the clock, it's more than three o'clock in the middle of the night. Aspen was obviously a little smug, and the smile he used to see in the tree house was even brighter now.

"You left it," he said. "Ok?" Aspen pointed to my bedside table, where the little jar with the coin was kept. "Yeah," I said, "can't bear to throw it away." There was more and more expectation on his face.He turned his head to look in the direction of the door, quickly checked that no one was there, then bent down and kissed me. "No." I objected softly, shrinking back, "Don't do this." There was confusion and sadness in his eyes, and what I'm going to say next will only make things worse. "What did I do wrong?"

"No," I said firmly. "You're really nice, and I'm glad to see you again and know that you still love me. That makes a lot of difference." He smiled: "That's good, because I really love you, and I have a plan, I want you to never have reason to doubt my sincerity." I was embarrassed: "Espen, no matter what happened between us before or now, we can't continue in this place in the future." "What do you mean?" he asked fidgeting. "Now I'm Faye Wong's candidate, and I'm here for Maxson, so during this process, I can't be with you or anyone else." I twisted the quilt in my hand.

He thought for a while: "so, you lied to me? You said you never stopped loving me?" "It's not like that," I reassure him. "You've always been on my mind, and you're the reason everything moves so slowly. Maxon likes me, but I can't bring myself to open up and care about him because of you." .” "Well, that's good." His words were full of sarcasm. "It's good to know that if I'm not around, you can feel comfortable dating him." Under the rage, I could see his heart breaking, but it wasn't my fault it was like this.

"Aspen?" I called softly, making him look at me. "You broke my heart when you left me in the treehouse." "Ami, I said I..." "Let me finish." He shut his mouth, and everything fell silent, "You shattered my dreams, and, besides, the only reason I'm here is because you insisted I submit my application." He shook his head, unable to accept the fact. "I've been trying to mend my heart back, and Maxon really cares about me. You mean a lot to me, and you know it. But now, I'm a part of it, and if I don't let myself It would be foolish to see how it goes."

"So you chose him over me?" he asked sadly. "No, I don't choose him or you. I choose myself." It's the core of everything, I don't really know what I want yet, and I don't want to let myself be swayed by an easy answer, or what other people think is right.I need to give myself time to decide which option is best. Aspen mused for a moment, displeased with what I had said.In the end, though, he smiled. "You know I'm not going to give up, do you?" His tone was clearly defiant, and even though I wasn't in the mood, I smiled anyway.Indeed, Aspen is not the type to throw in the towel.

"This is really not a suitable place to fight for me. Your determination will be a dangerous thing here." "I'm not afraid of that guy in a suit." He looked disapproving. I rolled my eyes, and suddenly became a sweet potato, which is quite interesting.I was always worried that Aspen would be taken by someone else, and now it was his turn to worry that I was taken away by someone else, and it felt so good. "Well, you say you don't love him...but you must like him a little bit to be willing to stay, right?" I shrunk my neck. "Yes." I nodded lightly, "He is much better than I imagined."

He pondered my words for a while, as if digesting them. "I guess, that means I'm going to fight harder than I thought I would," he said, walking down the corridor, and winking at me at the door. "Good night, Ms. America." "Good night, Constable Ledger." After hearing the door shut with a click, the silence in the house was a bit unacceptable.From the very beginning of Casting Fey, I was worried that this event might destroy my life.But at this moment, I can't think of a moment when I feel more at ease than now. It didn't take long for my maids to come in and get busy.Annie opened the curtains, and when the sun fell on her body, it felt like this was my first day in the palace.

Choosing Fei is no longer something imposed on me, but an important thing that I actively participate in.Now I'm part of the elite class.I pulled back the covers and jumped into the morning sun. (End of the first book)