Devon stared at her softly, and his thoughts said the rest of the words he could not dare to say out loud.
His thoughts and his feelings...
'You make me breathe easier. The tension of the monsters, the cries of the citizens, the loneliness I put Damian through with my continuous absence, and the load of work piled up on my desk cause me to sigh in agony, my heart squeezing in guilt, and my thoughts wondering if I could've done more for the people. But when I see you, when I see your powerful ray of hope, my worries feel lighter and my heart feels so much at peace that the breath flows out smoothly from my lungs. I... I feel like I cannot breathe properly when you are not near.' His thoughts rang in his head, and Leo from behind tilted his eyebrows a bit.
He heard everything clearly and then looked at Alice, who was nothing but confused by his words.
