This was the second time that Albert expressed his love for Kristina.

The first time was when he was seventeen years old. Kristina did not take him seriously, and even got so frightened that she ran away.

As soon as the words left Albert's lips, Kristina's heart started pounding against her ribcage. Her ears started ringing, and her world was in slow motion. Albert wrapped his arms around her shoulders and held her to his chest.

Truth be told, she wanted to stay there. She wanted to say the words back. But the next moment, she found herself breaking free from Albert's embrace and running away with tears streaming down her face. She kept running without looking back.

However, Albert did not feel disappointed. In fact, his lips curled in a satisfied smile. He simply watched as Kristina rounded a corner and disappeared.

"Kristina, if I can hold you once, then I can hold you anytime I wish. We have all the time in the world," he said to himself. Albert had always been very ambitious in business. When he took action, he almost always got what he wanted.

He just needed to be patient with Kristina.

It had been six years since he first met her, and he was not some anxious little boy now.

He understood that it would take some time before Kristina could fully accept the age difference between them.

After all, it was a six-year gap.

It might not be that many for Albert.

But for Kristina, six years coul

love you," he breathed.

Silence followed after that. Then, Albert said in a more serious tone, "I love you, Kristina."

This time, Kristina decided to not run away. She would follow her heart this time. She returned Albert's embrace, and let herself sink into his arms.

When they woke up the next day, Albert took advantage of the surprised look on Kristina's face and said, "You took the initiative last night."

Kristina could do nothing but cover her face with her hands. She was blushing furiously. She wanted to move and roll out of bed, but the arm wrapped around her waist was firm and strong.

Albert closed his eyes and said softly, "You even asked me to be your boyfriend and protect you all my life. And I said yes.

You know I can't ever say no to you."

That morning, Albert and Kristina got together.

They got together secretly.

Kristina was not ready to make their relationship known. She was afraid that others would call her terrible names or worse, that Ye Group's stocks would plummet.

Albert was in love with her, so he agreed to their private arrangement.

Still, Kristina felt guilty because of the age difference between them.

Albert could not bear seeing her suffer because of it, so he visited many couples. These couples were similar to him and Kristina—the women were older than their partners. Albert recorded their love story in a vlog, hoping that it would make Kristina feel better.