"Hah, even if he begs on his knees, you know that I won't spare him, right?" Alex scoffed. "I don't know if he's just desperate or plain stupid. Betraying and hurting you, and then comes back and beg to be spared. It's so ridiculous."
"Who knows? I never understand what's on his mind anyway," Eve commented as she took another cookie.
"Are you not going to persuade me to spare him?" Alex asked.
"Why should I spare the effort when you're not going to listen anyway," Eve replied, but looking at the change of expression on Alex's face made her realize that he got a bit upset because he thought she'd actually do that. Thus, she added, "And I won't do it. At best, I just don't want you to kill him or something."
"Well, killing my cousin might be way too dangerous for our family's reputation, so I won't do that, obviously," Alex said, his expression eased, but his tone was still firm. "But I still won't spare him."
