"Can you stop being so stubborn and just hear me out?" He said. "It's not like what we're doing is only for me. It's for the both of us! Our future is at stake here."
"Me? Stubborn? Look who's talking!" I said. "I told you a couple of times already, I won't marry you! Or anyone that I just met, okay? So, stop trying so hard to make me marry you!"
"Why? Can you really do that?" He said. "Can you abandon everything that your father did to secure you and your family's future? Tell me, are you ready to lose it all?"
"No, I won't lose anything," I said. "Aki will make sure of that."
I heard him laugh heartlessly to what I said. "I told you, he can't do anything about it. He just said that to calm you but really, there's no way out of this."
"You--" I said but was cut off by him.
"I know t
