Extending both hands to gently envelop hers, he was careful not to hurt her wounded hand.
"All I want is for you to be with me, just as we agreed: to live together, to raise a child together, watch them grow up, and grow old together... Whatever you've been through, it doesn't matter to me," he said.
Vera blinked. "You...don't want to know?"
"Of course not, I just..." He gritted his teeth discreetly, and a comforting smile reappeared on his face. "Vera, promise me, forget those unpleasant times, okay?"
"Do you know what happened to me?"
"I... I'm guessing," he admitted.
Staring at Kris Cooper's grave expression, Vera was stunned for a moment before a soft giggle escaped her.
"Nope."
Kris Cooper looked puzzled.
"No...what?"
"They didn't get their hands on me." She began to smile. "Remember that little stun gun you gave me? It worked pretty well."
