"Felix, what's gotten into you? What troubles have weighed so heavily on your mind?" Margot settled herself closely beside him and asked in soft, soothing tones.
As he glanced up at her with teary, misty eyes after endless rounds of drinking, his voice came out thick and choked with emotion. "Margot, you're the only person I have left in this world now."
He buried his face deep into her embrace, releasing all accumulated frustration and sorrow in loud, unrestrained sobs amid soft background music and the numbing effects of alcohol.
Margot stayed quiet, simply holding him tightly and letting him pour out every negative emotion inside his heart, clinking glasses and drinking alongside him without a single word of interruption.
"I will stay by your side forever, no matter what happens." S
