"...Be rational for once, Melissa. You've only known the guy for ten years."
Zen pinched the bridge of his nose afterward while trying to understand how the conversation somehow ended up here in the first place.
From his perspective, Melissa was becoming emotionally invested far too quickly, especially considering how many lifetimes they had already experienced together.
Moreover, the current Melissa was still only ten years old.
By his own estimation, nearly fifty additional years had passed for him since this particular reincarnation began.
"How exactly are you planning to explain any of this to him?" Zen asked.
Melissa blinked. "Explain what?"
"Everything."
"Fine." Melissa immediately crossed her arms. "You're completely missing the part where I'm over five hundred years old now."
"…."
That was the uncomfortable truth neither of them particularly liked acknowledging.
