Chapter 248 - 245: Leaving For Militeia (1/2)

Serena, Celine, her friends, Gizel's family and servants, Beatrice, Bernard, and some of their servants from their ducal house were all in the port of Cornwell that Wednesday morning. The ship to Militeia, the Brittania, will be leaving by noon.

The port was busy as always, and at the moment, they were all in a luxurious lounge. From inside, Serena saw that the Britannia has started loading the cargoes. Then, an announcement came instructing the passengers to get ready as the Britannia shall be starting to accept passengers to board in a few minutes.

Celine who was not joining the trip suddenly felt jittery and sad in having to part with her daughter. She hugged her and said, ”Serena, I will miss you. When in Militeia, don't forget to take care of yourself alright?”

”I will miss you too, mother. I will be back in less than a month though, so please don't worry about me too much.” Serena replied as she hugged her mother back.

”But this is the first time you're leaving the kingdom… I can't believe that your first trip abroad would not be with me. I can't help but worry that you would feel alone in a new place… what if you get lost?” Celine said as dabbed her tears. She lamented not being able to join her daughter. Simoun have to be present at court sessions and Leonard have to tend to their businesses. Thus, it was only her that would attend to matters in the Dukedom.

Serena smiled trying to ease her mother's concern, ”Mother, my friends would be with me, and there's also Beatrice and Bernard. So, you can be rest assured.”

Celine continued to dab the corners of her eyes but nodded her head.

The announcement that Britannia was now accepting passengers came, and as first-class passengers, they were given priority to enter first.

Thus, it was here that Serena and her mother parted.

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Serena entered the large ship with her 10 companions. Then, a personal concierge came to guide them to the lobby. Contrary to her titanic movie like expectations, the ship was a let-down. Anyway, she could only hope that the ship would not sink like titanic did.

That doesn't mean that the ship was bad though. Just not as wonderful. The interiors of the first-class lobby they were led to was furnished with oak wood. Serena was looking around when suddenly, her eyes widened, and she had to excuse herself from everyone to say that she'll just use the toilet.

Beatrice wanted to accompany her, but Serena declined saying she'll be back shortly. Understanding her place, she did not ask again.

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Serena quickly walked out of the lobby and went out to the portion of the ship's deck accessible only to first class passengers.

”What are you doing here!? I thought you're coming to join us on a later date?” she asked pleasantly surprised. Her smile since earlier already making her cheeks hurt but she could not stop it.

Charlton smiled back as he enveloped her in his embrace, ”I cannot not send you. Sadly, however, I'm just here to do that. I will have to leave before the ship sails.”

Serena hugged him back, ”I thought you wouldn't come see me off and I was fine with that. But now that you're here, I'm so happy that you did. I love you.” She said as she looked up to meet his eyes.

”I love you too.” He replied, then he kissed her lips.

Their kiss turned to become more passionate until the ship horned indicating that it would be sailing soon.

Charlton had to painfully stop what they were doing, he groaned then said, ”and that's my cue to leave.”

Serena hugged him tighter, after about 10 seconds, she shook her head, ”I don't want to let you go. Can't you just join me in this trip now?”