Chapter 162 - 160: Receiving The Records III (2/2)
"Serena, I don't knohat I have ever done to deserve you Because of my cowardice and stupidity, I caused you pain over and over To tell you the truth, without Edward's interference, Imyself that I should not love you for you deserve better But Serena, I love you, have always loved you, will always love you Even now, I feel ashamed to be here For I know that I a?" Serena could not help but interrupt, "You don't have to place me in some pedestal Charlton, we both know that I'hed, then he kissed her hands one by one Having more confidence, he looked up and their eyes met, "I know that you're not, but Serena, to me, you are perfect, and you deserve all the happiness in the world"
Serena furrowed her broas he here to get back together with her or break up with her again? She tried to remove her hands away froo, "Please listen to ive ht was best for you But now I realize that it was onlythat excuse For I was afraid that one day, you ake up and regret choosingaway from it all, but I can't do that I can't let you make that sacrifice for me" he confessed as tears started to roll down his cheeks
"Serena, I don't want us to live in hiding once our relationshi+p goes out in the open I don't want anyone to point their fingers at you and tell you disparaging words It would make me crazy Also, I don't want to simply run away and ive you all the best things that I can
I want to marry you here in Windsor, in front of all our fauests that we can invite I want it to be the biggest affair in the empire, your father alk you down the aisle and your e pulled by the most handsome horses we can find We will have the best dressrand that it would seeth of the cathedral"
Serena too felt her nose become sour and tears welled in her eyes "But I want to be with you Charlton, do not think for a second that I need all of those things to be happy"
"But I want to give them to you I won't be able to live with ot the short end of the stick with me Aside from that, Serena, I love you and I want our love to flourish, and the only way I see how, is if I become indispensable to the crown Will you wait forlet her tears flow took her hands from Charlton's hold and placed the "Charlton, I a You, ether and if that is what you think ork, then I will be right beside you to help"
Then, she kissed him
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