Chapter 401

Zachary did not stop me. He rarely refused my requests. Most of the time, he simply stared at me silently and let me do whatever I wanted. His scar-covered chest appeared in my vision. On regular mornings, I was too shy to directly stare at him, so I never got a clear view of it. There were many scars on Zachary’s body. Some were deeper, some slightly faded. The faded ones were from way before, while those deeper ones should be his recent scars. The deepest scar he had was on his abdomen. It ran along his entire mermaid line, his V line abs. I stroked his scar. I touched it lightly, and I could feel the rough scar under my fingertips. I felt helpless and asked sadly, “Second Brother, doesn’t it hurt?” He said, “I’m already used to it.” ‘Used to it.’ Such scary words! I teared up. “But, it will still hurt…” Zachary noticed my feelings. He said in a deep voice, “Bel, in the world I live in, I would never be able to avoid such danger. No matter in the past, or present, I would st