Chapter 54: Return
As if the prayers reached the heavens, the rain subsided, and Diana opened the window, guided by the beautiful sunset.
Carried by the chilly air after the rain, the sound of a horse neighing could be heard.
Looking down from the window, Diana called out to Leon, who was restlessly pacing around the room.
“Leon! Look!”
Leon quickly leaned out of the window ledge.
Below, he saw Regina, pushing through the murky water with determination, and George, carefully holding Laura in front of him, guiding the reins.
The ground floor of the inn in Lipps village had narrowly avoided being flooded.
George set Laura down first. Daniel and Keaton, who were waiting at the entrance, clung to her unharmed figure.
“Laura! I’m glad you’re safe.”
“Laura, welcome back!”
Laura smiled modestly and then announced as if she had prepared for it.
“George risked his life to save me. Both of you, please commend George, not me.”
With that said, Laura waited for George to arrive.
Leaning against the wet George, Laura slowly kissed him, as if conveying something to those around them.
George closed his eyes as if accepting something, his expression unchanged, and calmly embraced her.
Ignoring her astonished father and the nobleman😐, Laura turned around.
“I’ve made up my mind. I thought about giving up once, but in the end, I’ve decided to live with George.”
Time stood still at the entrance.
Diana quietly observed the scene from the second-floor staircase and ran into the room with a towel in hand at the right moment.
“Welcome back, both of you!”
Diana’s cheerful voice resounded grandly in the entrance.
“You must be tired. You should take a bath. Oh, I’ll bring clothes, so don’t worry. Come on, come on.”
Without waiting for a response, she pushed the two of them towards the bathroom. George and Laura went along as they were pushed.
After pushing them into their respective baths, Diana pondered.
“Now then. . .I wonder what those two will do.”
Keaton and Daniel, left behind in the entrance, stood still without exchanging a word.
“Diana.”
After a while, George, who had changed into new clothes after bathing, came to Diana’s room.
“. . .I want to ask you to write something for me.”
Diana widened her eyes, and Leon burst into laughter, lying on the bed.
Diana stood up and followed George to their room.
Thanks to Gustav’s arrangements, all the members of the rose garden landscaping team could stay overnight today.
George and Laura were assigned to the same room.
In a room with a somewhat sweet atmosphere, Diana sat down at a small desk.
She held paper and a pen.
George spoke in a low voice.
“Diana, please write this. 〝Laura, I can’t read or write. If I learn to read and write, let’s get married.〟”
Diana’s hands trembled with nervousness.
Was it really okay for her to write these words, expressing such sincere feelings?
Diana wrote it down as neatly as possible and showed it to Laura.
Laura smiled through tears and looked at George with affection.
“. . .Yes.”
Diana blushed.
“It’s not necessary for you to be able to write. But if you say so.”
George’s expression didn’t change. Instead, he sweated profusely.
“I finally realized my true feelings. When I thought I was about to die, the first thing that came to mind was your face from when we were children.”
It seemed that these two had been childhood friends. Diana had honestly wondered why George could be with such a beautiful woman, but now she finally understood a part of that mystery. They had liked each other since childhood.
“When I lost my hearing and sent letters without receiving a reply, I despaired. Then gradually, I lost control of my body. . .Honestly, I resented you a lot for not replying to my letters. I thought you stopped coming because I became disabled. But you would come occasionally as if you remembered, and I would feel down, thinking that I was being toyed with. . .It was a cycle.”
George closed his eyes and shook his head. Laura stared at him intently and let out a sigh of relief.
“That’s right, it was different. You just couldn’t write or read.”
Upon hearing that, Laura choked on her words and burst into tears.
It was a moment when years of misunderstandings and grudges melted away.
“Y-You must have gone through even more difficult times than me. . .”
In response to Laura’s tears, Diana abruptly stood up and left the room.
“George, please call me a little later. . .”
George scratched his weary face.
“. . .I’m sorry.”
“If anything happens, you can call me later, okay?”
George nodded awkwardly, like a teenage boy, without saying a word.
The door closed.
George sat next to Laura and gently put his arm around her, supporting her. Laura leaned against his shoulder, feeling relieved.
In truth, words are not always necessary to convey affection.
Love can be expressed entirely through actions.
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『”𝐴𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠.𝑐𝑜𝑚” – 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑣e𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ “𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠” 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑜 “𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠”.』
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