Chapter 30 - The lion has been tamed (1/2)

His firm hands started shaking tremendously.

Who would dare hurt his woman?

He never felt anything like this before, even when at death's door he would not have this kind of fear but watching Celestia grit in pain, that he cannot take.

"A-Adam"

Celestia kept on making small noises that made his heart uneasy.

"Wh-what are you going to do?" She asked, weakly when the young man started to move. Her chest rising up and down as Adam carries her, her bare chest in front of his. This is supposed to be a romantic scenery yet why did this happened?

Indeed, she has forgiven her stepmother, although not fully but still. She has accepted the fact that there are imperfections in every person, she tried to defend her stepmother again besides, who would benefit a revenge? She wanted to make her pay back before for the sake of her grandfather and Veronica but now, the heaven has given her Adam, telling her to stop and look at him instead.

However, the physical marks that the whip caused still hasn't healed as if reminding her the past. Should she get revenge?

'No. Not yet, not that I have Adam.' She thought as her eyes started to become heavy.

Happiness, such a common word yet why is it so hard to attain?

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