"Because I don't agree with what you're about to do!" Jack shouted frantically. "Ten years! We've been together for a full ten years! Freedom, life, self—I've given up everything for you. Can't you even spare me a tiny bit of love?"

“You said that siblings should look alike, so I have to endure that painful human modification every year. The pain I felt from the beatings I suffered as a child was not even one ten-thousandth of the pain from the surgery.”

"You said that men and women have different physiological characteristics, so I have to drink those estrogen-rich drugs every day so that I won't grow an Adam's apple or have too much body hair. It's really disgusting to have a body like this."

"You said that too much talk leads to mistakes, so I haven't spoken for ten years."

“You said that it’s impossible to act without any flaws, so I haven’t seen the outside world for ten years.”

"I've done everything you said!"

Jack was loudly venting his dissatisfaction.

Violet looked at the agitated Jack and simply said, "You said you did it voluntarily."

"That's because I thought I could win you over." Jack suddenly laughed as he said this, a laugh so desolate.

“But my ten years of hard work couldn’t compare to a man I’ve only known for a month. You don’t even know him, yet you want to marry him. Do you know how much pain I felt when I received this news in the letter? I even thought about committing suicide again.”

"But I'm not convinced! Why is this world so unfair? Others always get what I've longed for so easily. All I want is to live with you. I've already given everything for such a humble wish, so why can't I have it?"

As he said this, a resolute glint flashed in Jack's eyes.

"If Heaven doesn't grant it, I'll take it myself."

With a single sentence expressing his stance, Jack resolutely cupped Violet's face, leaned down, and kissed her rosy lips.