Desperate Grasp

"Valerie, can't we go back to the past? You're really gonna let it go? Even as an ordinary friend, you don't want to be a partner?" Tobias's eyes twinkled and he was more begging.

He was more like a beggar now.

But the woman in front of him might not even be willing to give him a bone, so how could he expect her to come back to him?

"Why? The one I like is leaving me." Tobias's voice was weak. Val