Chapter 111: Sarkon's Blue Eyes Symbolize…

"What about me?" Maria asked in a quivering voice. "What about me, Sarkon? All this while, did you even think of me?" The beast looked away. Maria turned her cheek. "You used to think for me. You used to support what I did as long as it helped me. I love art… because of you. I want to pursue it. This competition will help me, can you not see that?" She stared fruitlessly at the giant as his silver curls played nonchalantly in the breeze. Finally, she dropped both hands to her side as if defeated. "I wanted you to be there with me, Sarkon. I feel proud of myself. I've achieved something on my own. I wanted to share the moment with you." A despairing sniff escaped from her. "But you said you were not interested… Do you not know how much that hurts?" Slowly, the giant turned back. He caught the tears streaming down the corner of her eyes and swallowed hard. He wanted to take her into his arms and say that he was sorry, but something was holding hi