Chapter 256 (1/2)

Chapter 256: Chapter 256

When I looked up with my trembling eyes, he said, pulling me hard with a smile, “Much closer now.”

“Your Majesty.”

“Let’s hurry up. Otherwise, we won’t finish taking a walk today.”

“Well…”

“How about walking to the Ver Palace? You wondered about the silver flowers there last time, right? ”

“… Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Surrounded by cool, damp air, I didn’t feel cold. I felt rather hot because of the warmth from his body that was close to me and his arms wrapped around my shoulder.

When I turned my head hesitantly, I saw my silver hair hanging over his arms wrapped around my shoulder. That put me in mind of what happened that night when he cautiously swept my hair and kissed me passionately.

‘Come to your senses, Aristia! I told you to forget it! ‘

As I shook his head vigorously, he asked me curiously, “What’s wrong?”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

“Are you sure? Hmm.”

I breathed a sigh of relief because he didn’t ask me any more. I now saw a glimpse of the silver flower tree at a distance. The closer I went to it , the more my heart pounded. This time I was very curious to see if the flowers bloomed.

How long did I walk? Suddenly, he approached the tree and stopped there. I also stopped and raised my head.

As he was holding the umbrella from behind, I had no problem looking up. While glancing at the buds slowly, I screamed exclamations unconsciously. The silver buds on the tree were all about blooming half apart.

My heart was full. Are they finally showing flowers to me? Are they really getting ready to bloom fully after overcoming the intense flames, the hot summer sun, and even the harsh weather?

‘Are you going to show me flowers this winter?’

I really hope so. When I look at you in full bloom, I feel like I can get out of my harrowing past fully.

When I was looking up at the silver buds, murmuring to myself, I heard him saying with a subdued voice, “That flower…”

“Pardon? Your Majesty?”

“That flower resembles you.”

“Pardon? What do you mean…”

When I looked back at his unexpected remarks, he said, gazing at me after he withdrew his arms around my shoulder, “I didn’t know it at first, but the more I look at it, the more I think it looks like you. Like you, it’s in a precarious condition, but it has prevailed at the end of the day. Like you, it is stubbornly refusing to show something. ”

“… ”

“I wonder if you can open your heart to me when those buds fully bloom.”

My heart ached at that. When I looked at his trembling eyes, he also looked down at me silently.

The sound of raindrops falling on the ground, a world that turned gray in the rain and the serene silence between the two of us.

His navy deep blue eyes were looking at me silently under the white shade of the umbrella.

“Lady Monique?”

“… Oh, I’m sorry, Grace. What did you say? ”

When I hurriedly apologized, Grace looked aside, smiling awkwardly. Next to her was Jiun, who was staring at me as if she was dumbfounded.

“How can you be absent-minded at this important time. I really can’t understand you.”

“…Sorry, Lady Jena.”

Anyway, it was true that I made a mistake, so I apologized readily instead of getting choked up. Then I tried to refrain from turning my eyes to the window and picked up the paper in front of me.