New Hope

"Finola..."

Kevin, who was just about to reproach the girl, was stopped by Evan who suddenly held his hand tightly. Evan's mouth looked like a straight line as the man didn't say anything. Seeing Evan's expression, Kevin didn't know whether the man was angry or not after hearing what Maya said.

Maya also knew she had talked too much because she was too excited today. The girl took a deep breath, as her voice slowly softened to coax her future husband.

"I know I might sound unreasonable right now. But I can slowly heal Evan. You've already felt the effects of the food itself. That's only the beginning. As long as I know for sure what illness Evan has been suffering from, I can work hard to find the cure for Evan. It's okay if you guys haven't found it yet. I'll create it. At least that's what I can do, to repay the kindness you've given me. In my entire life, I've never been able to wear such beautiful clothes. I haven't felt this free in a long time either. I just wanted to thank you. A good person like Evan, doesn't deserve to suffer like this..."

Maya was actually talking about her past life when she spoke. But in Kevin and Evan's ears, the girl was talking about the unfair treatment she received in her own family.

Seeing Maya's expression, for the first time, Evan only felt selfish. Evan didn't want his future wife's confident expression to be lost just because of him. That girl's cheerfulness and determination, too precious to lose for a man who no longer even believed in himself. It's only been two days since Evan finally saw the joy in his house, which was always quiet. At least for the sake of a brief moment of happiness, Evan didn't want her to stop being confident about it.

It didn't matter even if Maya only gave him a false hope. After all, his life would not last much longer either. At least, Evan wants to continue to see the spirit of life that his future wife has. He had forced a poor girl to marry him who was disabled and had no good emotional control. Evan felt he should have compensated the girl fairly.

"I will eat more of your food and follow your advice. Will I be able to recover then?"

Actually, Evan was only pretending to have a hope to comfort Maya. But unexpectedly, Maya was really excited about this plan. The girl nodded vigorously. Maya was once a bad person who could take the lives of others without a doubt for her own survival. But in this peaceful world, Maya at least wanted to save Evan, who had given her many pleasant experiences in their short acquaintance.

Evan won't die. Even though they may have to separate later, Maya will not let Evan die just like that. She has the ability to save the man. She can do it, and she will.

"You'll be fine. I promise with my own life, Evan."

Evan's mouth involuntarily slightly curved upwards when he heard the naive promise that the girl had said earnestly. Perhaps, what Evan needed this whole time was that kind of fake lie. He wanted someone to at least try, and believe that he would recover someday.

Maybe from the start, Evan just needed a confident speech without a bandage of doubt like this girl did. His heart slowly felt warm, as his eyes stared at Maya more gently than before.

Apart from his friend Kevin, at least now Evan knew there were strangers who still believed he would live more than three years. There were still people who were sincerely willing to help him, without expecting much from him just because Evan had a lot of money.

"Good."

Evan muttered under his breath as he replied to Maya's words in a low voice. For the first time, Maya finally saw a genuine smile on the handsome face of her future husband. After a long time, Evan finally smiled again in front of other people. The kind of genuine smile, which had long since disappeared from that handsome face.

Maya herself was stunned when she saw the sincere smile given by Evan. Even when Evan didn't smile, his handsome face was able to attract the attention of many girls. But the smiling Evan was even better. When Maya saw that the man was smiling sincerely while looking at her face, her own cheeks involuntarily warmed as the girl immediately coughed softly to relieve her nervous feelings.

Maya had never felt embarrassed because of a man before. Even though she had almost reached her mid-twenties in her past life, Maya's experience of love really was close to zero. She was always busy to help her family in the past. And after the zombies attack, Maya focuses on research and becomes a volunteer who goes off the wall all the time. She has never been in a romantic relationship with anyone, and she was never interested in other people either. So when her cheeks suddenly warmed up now, Maya herself didn't know how to calm herself down in front of the man.

"A, ah... I forgot I didn't exercise this morning because I was too excited to cook earlier. I'll be going now. Just eat the breakfast, I'll eat it after the run."

Maya's body only stiffened for a few seconds before she finally recovered on her own. Even though Maya is usually calm and reasonable, she can still get embarrassed if someone stares at her for too long like what's Evan do. Maya ran outside before Evan or Kevin could even say anything. Maya ran as if she was being chased by a ghost, until Evan subconsciously laughed softly at Maya's behavior which turned out to be funny in the man's eyes.

Kevin was clearly shocked when he saw that not only Evan was smiling, his friend was also laughing after seeing the girl. Evan's emotions that had worsened were completely washed away after the man met Maya. Evan obediently raised his spoon and fork, as his eyes fell on the soft food Maya had made since early in the morning.

"I feel like I didn't make a wrong choice this time, Kevin."

Kevin also smiled seeing the small happiness shown by his best friend. To be honest, at first Kevin was really suspicious of Maya, whose attitude was difficult to predict. He was afraid that the girl had her own plans about Evan. But seeing her sincerity over these past two days, Kevin started to feel that he was being too bad for her.

As long as Maya's presence made Evan feel better, that was more than enough for Kevin. Kevin secretly promised he would no longer openly just pretend to be with the girl. As long as Maya is sincere about her intentions to Evan, Kevin promises he will treat Maya much better in the future.

Kevin also raised his spoon and fork, as he answered Evan's words with a sincere tone.

"You didn't pick the wrong one. Finola, she might really be sincere to you Evan," Kevin informed him. Evan nodded slowly, before they ate breakfast happily.