My Husband Is a Gary Stu

Chapter 205 Use His Life To Protect Her

the Torch Festival. It seems so much more lively than the New Year.”Looking down at her, Patrick asked with a raised brow, “You’re just standing there. Is that what you call participating? Come on! Let’s go have some fun.”He took her hand, and they made their way through the crowd and toward the center.“I don’t know how to dance!” Genevieve said as she followed the man. “I don’t even know what they’re singing.”“You can learn if you don’t know how to.”There were three circles of people surrounding the huge torch in the middle of the square. Having been dragged in by Patrick, Genevieve felt too shy to just leave like that. She could only brave it out and dance along with everyone else.After dancing awkwardly for a while, she finally got used to the steps and could even sing along to a few lines of the song.Patrick felt the warmth of the hand he was holding. Turning to look at her, he saw her smiling brightly as the firelight from the torch shone on her face.That smile was etched into Patrick’s heart.His chest was burning. He wanted to hold on to that hand forever.Looking at Genevieve’s left ear, which couldn’t hear a thing, he leaned in and said in a sincere tone, “I am willing to sacrifice my life for you. I will be loyal to you for the rest of my life.”When he left the military academy, he had taken an oath to be loyal to the country.However, now that he had a woman in his heart, he wanted to use his life to protect her and pledge her loyalty to her. He would never betray her.Genevieve could not hear him. All she felt was him breathing lightly on her cheek.She looked toward the man, her eyes bright as she asked with a smile, “Patrick, what—”Suddenly, a man squeezed through the crowd and grabbed Genevieve’s arm, dragging her out of the crowd. Patrick’s grip on her wasn’t that strong at that time, and thus, she was easily dragged away.At the same time, a few men lunged at Patrick and started to throw punches at him in order to buy time for their