Chapter 109

I assumed I have to be dreaming.

I should have dozed off whereas petting Rere’s head.

That have to be the case, as a result of I’d have a tough time registering this case if it wasn’t a dream.

“…What a horrible dream.”

A dream I had as a result of I missed him a lot.

I have to’ve slept with out my eyes utterly closed as a result of I couldn’t actually sleep. So I couldn’t assist however smile.

If I may, I’d rush over to stroke the Duke’s cheek.

“It’s not a dream.”

Earlier than I knew it, he left the mattress and approached me.

“…If it isn’t a dream, then what’s it?”

“I’m not kidding. I’m again, Leona.”

My thoughts was in shambles once I heard the phrases I wished to listen to probably the most. I clearly heard his voice, however on the similar time my ears had been buzzing.

“Huh…you’re actual…?” I stammered like a idiot.

It was clear that my legs went to him, and I used to be in his arms, however my reminiscence was so hazy that I couldn’t inform once I was sinking into his arms.

“Leona.”

However from the second I heard his voice.

“Please have a look at me, Leona. I missed you a lot.”

I slowly raised my head at his plea. Then I noticed him wanting down at me affectionately like he had all the time executed.

His pink eyes glowed with extra affection than I’d ever seen earlier than, and his smile was as mild as a cotton ball.

“Are you actually Luca?”

“I’m Luca, the person who loves you and is cherished by you.”

“B-However…”

He didn’t seem once I cried out for him in agony, however to assume he’d seem at occasions like this, would it not make sense to say that he was Luca?

I shook my head and buried my face in his chest once more.

“Nobody is aware of you. Even the Duke himself…he stated he doesn’t know anybody named Luca.”

“As a result of Luca didn’t exist on this world. Within the first place, I used to be preparing for my resurrection.”

My frozen coronary heart appeared to soften right away.

“…Are you going to vanish once more this time?”

“What do you assume?” Luca stated playfully as if to assuage my quickly gloomy temper. So I hugged him tighter in a rush.

“No, I don’t need that…Don’t go. Don’t go, Luca. I really feel like I can solely be comfortable…when Luca is right here with me.”

“Don’t fear, Leona.”

“You…aren’t going to go away?”

“Sure, I don’t have to go away now. As a result of I’ve turn out to be full.”

It wasn’t till I heard his agency assertion that I used to be able to pulling myself away from him.

“What do you imply by full?”

“At first, I’m Duke Ian Petri. My grandfather’s title was Luca. For some time, I used my grandfather’s title as a result of I couldn’t consider one other.”

He sat me down in a chair, knelt earlier than me and made eye contact with me.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t inform you the whole lot.”

I rubbed his cheeks. He didn’t shrink back from my contact, and his cheeks had been heat. Consequently, my seemingly stopped coronary heart felt as if it had been beginning up once more.

“Are you actually the Luca I do know?”

“In fact, Leona. I’m sorry I didn’t say goodbye correctly earlier than breaking apart with you. In any other case, neither I nor Leona appeared to have the ability to let go of one another.”

I wished to refute him someway, however I couldn’t provide you with something. As a result of I knew from the depth of my coronary heart that if we hadn’t damaged up like that, I wouldn’t have let Luca go then.

At the moment, he wiped the tears from my eyes.

“Are you crying due to me?”

“I-I’m not crying.”

My tears appeared to swell up together with my overwhelmed emotions.

“It’s been a very long time since somebody cried for me. I actually missed you, Leona.”

“It’s indescribable how a lot I missed you.”

“I really feel the identical. That’s why I couldn’t wait to return. However I used to be a little bit late as a result of the Duke was too weak.”

“…Is he associated to Luca’s disappearance.”

In some way his eyes appeared unhappy.

“The Duke is my childhood that I voluntarily pressured to cease, in different phrases, the flawed alternative that I made.”

“Your childhood?”

“My childhood, sure. My time wouldn’t have stopped if I had actually accepted and moved on from my sister’s demise. However I’m a silly man who couldn’t do this.”

He spoke softly, however there have been feelings swirling round in his voice this time.

“Then time began flowing once more since you moved on?”

“That’s appropriate. That’s why the Duke handed out. I ought to have returned to my unique type now. The Duke you’ve seen thus far is my infantile self from the previous.”

“So what the outdated butler stated…”

“He should’ve stated that the Duke’s character stayed the identical as when his mother and father died, didn’t he?”

“Is that why he stated he acted like a toddler…?”

Luca nodded.

Come to consider it, Luca had advised me that the Duke behaved like a toddler. He acted like a toddler who didn’t need his issues to be taken away, so the whole lot he did to Rere made sense to me now.

“It’s as a result of he’s actually a toddler. A 15 12 months outdated youngster.”

“Ah…”

“That’s why he refused to just accept accountability. He believed that his sister’s demise was not his fault, and he felt the identical method when he kicked out many individuals from right here.”

“Is that why the Duke is sick?”

“Sure, and it’s throughout now. My time and the Duke’s ultimately overlapped, and now he’s left prior to now. My time will proceed now.”

“You’re not leaving?”

My hand trembled as I stroked his cheek. Perhaps he felt the tremor since Luca wrapped his hand over mine.

“As a result of I’m me. I’m not leaving now. We may be collectively.”

“Actually? The Duke…”

“He’s solely a reminiscence. He’s going to reside prior to now. And I’m who I’m at this time. When you hadn’t woke up the Duke, I might stop to exist for certain. The Duke’s time would have stopped without end.”

“Ah…! Don’t inform me…?”

“Thanks for waking me up. You make me conscious of our separate minds, the longer term, and even who I’m, and now I may reside within the current.”

What else may I say? I simply checked out him silently.

“That’s why you stated my alternative was necessary.”

“That’s proper. Thanks for letting my time movement once more.”

He had me again in his arms earlier than I knew it. I may really feel his heat and odor his scent. After I leaned on his shoulder, the tears that I had swallowed poured down like a cascading waterfall.

When he vanished, I felt as if my coronary heart had been stripped away. I used to be indignant, unhappy, lonely and sick. I assumed that my life was ruined due to this sense of affection.

However my coronary heart was again.

“I missed you.”

My coronary heart was racing as if to inform me that I may reside and shouldn’t be unhappy any longer.

“Me, too. I missed you as properly. I hoped to return. I wished to wrap my arms round you and odor your scent. So I’ve been terrified the whole time. I stated my goodbyes calmly, however I used to be nervous I wouldn’t see you once more.”

“Luca…”

“I wasn’t afraid to vanish, however I used to be afraid that I wouldn’t see Leona once more. For the primary time, I wished to reside. As your man and Rere’s father. I actually wished to reside.”

His feelings had been solely directed at me as his voice appeared to sink into tears

This was the one factor I wished to say.

“I like you, Luca.”

“Are you able to name my title as a substitute of Luca now?”

“…Ian.”

“Sure, Leona.”

“I like you.”

“I like you greater than my life. You’re my coronary heart, Leona. I can breathe solely when I’ve you. So..would you prefer to reside with me without end?”

He pushed me again barely from his arms and stared straight at me. I had all the time thought the Duke’s pink eyes had been deplorable, however Luca’s eyes had been as heat as a bonfire.

“Truly, I don’t know if I’m a little bit shameless. I’m saying this as a result of I don’t need anybody to take Leona away from me.”

“Ian.”

“When you nonetheless want time…”

“We could be a correct household now?”

“…Are you actually keen to try this? I haven’t confirmed myself to you but. As a result of the Duke all the time confirmed you his unhealthy aspect.”

I put my arms on his cheeks.

“However you’re totally different. I’ve by no means been cherished by anybody in my life. And also you gave me the love that I want. You let me reside. So let’s love one another correctly now.”

He smiled sweetly as if he was swept by waves of feelings. Then he tilted his head and leaned in slowly. His breath brushed in opposition to me, and shortly my lips met his mushy lips.

My coronary heart beat like loopy as if it was my first time. I used to be so ecstatic as if I’d lose my thoughts simply by kissing him.

So I wrapped my arms round his neck. Because of this, our distance turned even nearer.

Each little motion was candy, and even Ian’s respiratory felt candy.

Then,

“Mmh..”

We jolted away from one another at Rere’s quiet mumble. As if she caught us red-handed, she was busy mumbling along with her flushed face.

Nevertheless, Rere, who saved making a small noise, didn’t present indicators of waking up.

“I-I believe she simply mumbled in her sleep, Leona.”

“I-I believe so.”

We couldn’t even say ‘lets proceed what we had been doing?’ so we simply stared at one another in a daze.

We couldn’t stand the awkwardness, so we ended up touching Rere’s cheeks on the similar time.

“Ah.”

“L-Leona, go forward and contact her.”

“…L-Let’s contact her collectively.”

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