Chapter 137 (2/2)
“I’m happy. How can I not be happy?”
Cedric muttered to himself.
“But how can I say that I am happy when she closes her eyes?”
“Huk.”
Sophie couldn’t resist and sobbed.
Alice quickly approached her and stroked her shoulder. And she backed away without a sound.
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Marcus and Hayley, who understood Cedric’s heart, followed suit.
When the door closed, only the two of them were left.
Cedric sat down next to Artizea. The mattress tilted, but Artizea didn’t open her eyes.
He pulled Artizea’s hand from under the blanket. Her helpless fingers slid through Cedric’s fingers.
“I’m not sure if it was the right thing to do to trust you.”
He placed her hand on the back of his hand. He wasn’t sure if she was this white from the beginning, or if she looked more like it because of the lack of color.
“…… It’s also a problem that you don’t spare yourself.”
Cedric sighed.
“Hiding many things from me is also a problem. It’s also a problem to make a promise casually when you don’t have the heart to keep it…….”
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Cedric sighed and stroked the back of the hand once. Then he pushed her hand back into the blanket.
Did she know she had a child? Did she still throw herself away?
It could have been. She might have thought it would be better to have no children.
Still, maybe, when she accepted his proposal again, and they became a real couple, he thought she would take care of herself a little. It was a stupid idea.
His chest was tight.
Hope came and went again and again. One night he felt that everything was going to be alright, and he was in a happy mood until dawn. But some nights, even in his dreams, he had to rip his chest out.
“Can I change you?”
He asked in a whisper. Of course, there was no answer.
People do not change easily.
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It was the same with Cedric himself.
Once a decision is made, it cannot be changed so easily.
[“Lord Ced is like a rock.”]
Lysia once said so.
[“It may break, but its properties will not change.”]
[“It doesn’t sound like a compliment.”]
[“It’s not a compliment. After all, it will break someday.”]
[“…….”]
[“People cannot live by keeping their beliefs alone. Forgive yourself. Because God has already forgiven you and your heart.”]
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Lysia was right and she was also wrong.
Cedric forgave himself. At least he was trying to do that.
But he must reflect and change in order to be truly forgiven. And he hasn’t changed.
When he proposed to Artizea twice, he broke instead of changing.
At the first time, the way of life was broken, at the second time, part of his heart was broken.
Still, he decided to love her.
Cedric lowered his head and pressed his cheek to hers. Artizea’s colorful, exhaling breath reached Cedric’s ear.
He closed his eyes and stayed there for a moment.
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When Cedric left the bedroom, the place was already quiet. Ansgar quickly stopped the vassals and prevented them from making a fuss.
There were four people in the living room.
Marcus and Alice just bowed their heads to Cedric and went inside. They were going to stay by her side all night.
The other two were Hayley and Freil.
Cedric called Freil first and asked.
“Has he been arrested as an attempted kidnapper?”
“I locked him up in an outhouse. Would you like to interrogate him yourself?”
“Take care of it so that you won’t be in trouble afterward. Wait for the interrogator. I will have an audience with His Majesty.”
“Yes.”
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It was to interrogate without anyone’s suspicions. With the Emperor’s servant as a witness, he will capture and cut the temple without any excuses.
Cedric clenched and opened his fist a few times.
It wasn’t something he would be angry about right away. His mind calmed down and he left.
Still, it took considerable effort to remain patient.
Cedric then looked at Hayley. Hayley was very nervous.
She was only a low-ranking official in Evron. As the daughter of the Jordyn family, she spent her childhood with Cedric. Even after she became an adult, they met frequently.
However, as a lord and servant, she did not have many opportunities to hear his orders directly. Shortly after she became Artizea’s lady-in-waiting, she was only told to do well.
Hayley liked Cedric as a person. But she felt that it was not enough to make him her master.
She thought he was too soft and weak. And that was one of the main reasons Hayley was disappointed with Evron.
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But now, Cedric looked like a completely different person. His eyes were dyed in dark colors, and his anticipation and pressure were so solid that it was vividly revealed.
Standing there was not a young man in his twenties who could not decide which way to go, but a man like a rock who had endured all the rain and wind.
“Hayley.”
“Yes.”
“Before Tia collapsed, did she give any special instructions?”
Hayley swallowed her breath.