"What did you just say?" Chloe asked, rising to a sitting position in front of him. She needed to make sure that she hadn't heard him incorrectly.
"I want both you and Seraphina as my girlfriends," Vlad said again, his voice even more tense but determined.
He had already closed his eyes and lowered his defences, expecting a punch or kick, but several seconds passed and nothing happened.
A suffocating silence stretched through the room.
He slowly lifted his head, finding Chloe sitting before him, pressing her temples. It was the first time he had seen her this stressed.
"Chloe..." he called, worried.
"Shut up!" she hissed.
"Okay."
Another two minutes passed. The silence was killing Vlad. He would rather have her beat him than leave him hanging on a cliff, wondering whether she would pull him up or throw him off.
"Scumbag Vlad," she finally spoke, making the poor man flinch.
"I know," Vlad accepted, his head lowered and his hands placed on his knees.
