Graham confessed to Rhea.
"I love you, Dear Teacher."
"or should I say,"
"I love you, Rhea Everlight."
"Wha... Wh... What...?"
Her eyes darting everywhere, unable to meet with Graham's intense gaze, Rhea got stuck uttering that single word like a broken record, her emotional state in absolute chaos.
[ Hahahahaha... Master.! You are such a bad boy. ]
"Lisa?"
[ Look what you have done to your beautiful and respectful teacher...]
[ She's like a deer caught between headlights, not knowing what to do. ]
"Yeah ! I think I've short-circuted her pretty little brain, hahahaha...", Graham laughed while feeling smug about it.
[ And Her flustered expression is absolutely adorable 😘 ]
"I know, right...?"
***
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat...?"
Rhea finally screamed not being able to control her voice, after her brain somewhat caught up with the situation.
Only then did she remember how Graham declared her 'his woman' before going to fight those monsters.
From his unbelievably smooth battle dance to learning about him being one of her past students, she totally forgot about that part.
"Listen here, Young man. I'm your teacher and your senior."
"And this is how you treat me? By saying you love me? Is that how I taught you?"
After organising her thoughts for a bit, Rhea finally chided him with an angry expression.
If he was the Graham from before he recovered his past life's memories, he might have been fooled by her angry expression and stopped himself from chasing Rhea, because of her chiding.
But unfortunately... or fortunately for Rhea, the one standing before her was an old monster who has lived for millions of years.
As if that wasn't enough, he is equipped with a cheat like ability, Eye of the Forgotten God, that could see through her emotions at a single glance.
From what Graham could see with her soul waves, there was not a single bit of anger in her emotions.
There's only confusion, embarassment, longing, desire and a truckload of expectations. The anger was just her mask to hide her chaotic emotions.
So Graham decided to push her a bit.
He crouched down next to her and brought his face really close to hers, with just an inch of distance separating them.
Then hooking his right index finger under her chin, he raised her head to his eye level.
Locking his intense golden eyes with those soothing amethyst eyes, Graham softly spoke,
"So what if you are my teacher? That relationship ended years ago."
"So what if you are my senior? With mana we can live for hundreds, thousands of years. At that point, a few meagre years now would be like a drop in the bucket."
"I don't care about what others would think or say about us. In fact, no one will have the energy to care about others after this apocalypse."
With possessive eyes swirling like blackholes, Graham declared,
"I want you Rhea."
" I want your body. I want your love. I want your heart. I want your everything."
"And I want you to be by my side for eternity. "
After pouring his heart out, Graham finally said with a smirk, "But don't worry. I'll never force myself upon you. So, to do all that, first I will make you fall for me. Then I'll make you mine."
Hearing his heartfelt confession and seeing those golden eyes, looking at her with such possessiveness, Rhea felt an unfamiliar feeling course through her heart.
But it wasn't a bad feeling. In fact, the feeling was so sweet, that she felt like even drowning in it might not be a bad idea.
Having said everything he wanted, and seeing her emotions fluctuate like that, Graham finally stood up, before patting her head.
"You don't have to give me an answer right away."
"You can take your time. Since we have all the time in the world ahead of us."