"You think I'm useless, don't you..." Tristan Grayson's face fell as he pulled his hand back, his voice hoarse.
"No, I was just thinking... if I hadn't wanted to kill myself back then, your hand wouldn't be..." At this, Mika Summers looked up. "Tristan Grayson, thank you."
'Thank you for not giving up on me, even though you were also hurt so, so deeply...'
***
「Excelsior Private Hospital.」
Archie Lockwood stared through the glass window at the woman standing below, his eyes filled with a dark gloom.
'It's been over a month, and she still won't give up...'
'Does she really think everyone else is brainless and heartless, that they'd let her deceive them time and time again?'
'Or does she think that I, Archie Lockwood, am the dumbest, most gullible fool in the world?'
'The fact that I haven't killed her already is a testament to my mercy. And she still dares... she still actually wants me to forgive her...'
