Chapter 207. Am I Blind?

At twilight, he held her and lay on the lawn outside the room. Looking at the stars in the sky, he said casually, “The stars here are different from what I saw in the city.”

She didn’t say anything.

“I don’t want to leave you.” He touched her long hair, “But I’m a soldier, and I have my own duty. The captain must’ve thought that I’m dead after I have disappeared for a month.”

“I hope you can stay,” Veronica said.

“I’ll come back to you.”

Veronica stared at him and said in a stubborn tone that she hadn’t used before, “Zach, if you have to choose between our love and your duty, will you choose me?”

“These two are not conflicting.” Zach said softly, “I have two days’ leave every month, and I’ll come to see you.”

“No. You’ll never come back if you go.” She said lightly, “Why can’t you stay here for me since they think you’re dead?”

Neither of them was in a good mood that night. She couldn’t understand that a soldier’s duty was mor