37. For Now, She Had An Elephant To Dissect

As is norm with all people, fear of losing is innate. No one loves losing and hope helps one deal with such fear.

It is said that hope is the last thing we lose in any

situation. Thus, Ansel was hopeful that he had convinced Denise to agree to his proposal and he had this mininised his fear of rejection by hoping that she was in. He was hopeful that all would go well.

After finishing his long speech, he stood there looking at her withva hopeful expression and his eyes fixated on her. She also looked at him wondering if he was the one who had said that much. Like everyone in Xela, she also had the same view about Ansel.

The reason why he had been nicknamed the lceberg of Xera was not only because of his cold demeanor but also because of the fact that he rarely talked. Even when he was having a proper conversation with anyone, he would only give one word perfunctory answers or short commands.

He thus gave people people this picture and impression that he never talked. There was in fa