Chapter 681
Emilia had excitedly described in great detail their future grand, fairytale wedding to Irvin.
He remembered how, at the time, he had pulled her tightly into lil arms. Then, he had promised he would one day give her the wedding of her dreams.
Now, Emilia had gotten hier dream wedding, but Irvin wasn’t the one who made it come true.
He closed his eyes. Tears slipped down his cheeks, but they weren tears of joy. Instead, they were bitter tears of regret.
His single misstep had resulted in a lifetime of regrets. And just like that, Irvin had lost the woman who loved him more than anyone else in the world–forever.
William had never had nightmares before. But on the night of his wedding, he had an extremely terrifying one.
In the nightmare, he had spent his whole life waiting for his beloved Emilia, but she never came. He had lived his life alone.
William jolted awake in cold sweat. And the first thing he did was immediately pull Emilia, who was sleeping beside him, into his arms. He held her tightly, as though he might lose her at any second. It wasn’t until Emilia almost couldn’t catch her breath that he released her in a panic.
When she asked him what was wrong, William didn’t know how to explain that awful dream. So, he simply told her that he had had a really terrible nightmare.
Emilia didn’t make fun of him for getting spooked by a dream despite being a grown man. Instead, she embraced him warmly and rubbed his back. Then , she whispered comfortingly to him that there was no need to be afraid and that she was here with
him.
No one had ever given William that kind of warmth before. It was so tender and so healing that he couldn’t help but pull Emilia close again.
A while later, he lowered his head and looked into her eyes.
“Emi, does being married to me truly make you happy?” he asked quietly.
In his dream, she had a pair of beautiful fraternal twins with Irvin. They had lived a happy and wonderful life together.
William didn’t know if he could give Emilia that kind of family or happiness. He wasn’t the superstitious type. Yet, he couldn’t keep the curse of being a walking calamity from lingering in the back of his mind. He was supposed to be alone forever.
At the same time, William loved Emilia deeply. But he was also afraid that the love he gave her wasn’t enough to make her happy. That he wasn’t good enough.
It really was true that no matter how powerful or how confident a man might be, love had a way of making him vulnerable. Sensing William’s unease, Emilia raised her head to meet his gaze. Then , she said with firm conviction, “Marrying you is the happiest decision I’ve ever made. Truly.”
The pain she had once endured made her believe she would never love again. However, his love had slowly soothed every wound in her heart and healed her pain. It had also given her the courage to be brave, to move forward and start a new joy–filled of her life.
Emilia truly felt so blessed and so happy to have married William and have him by her side.
Her sincere gaze and heartfelt words melted away his doubts. Pulling her even closer, he vowed, “I’ll make sure you grow happier and feel more blessed with every passing day!”
After Emilia’s marriage to Irvin had ended, she hadn’t stopped believing in love. However , she did start believing that love could fade.
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People could be truly , deeply in love one day and feel utterly nothing the next . So , although she found the courage to love again , she never once thought it would last forever.
Hence , when Emilia heard William’s words, she believed he had meant them. However, she didn’t believe that he would actually be able to fulfill such promises.
She also believed human nature was fleeting. Even the most precious things, once gained, would slowly lose their value and
appeal.
That was why Emilia had never expected William’s love to be so constant and enduring. She hadn’t believed that after he had truly won her heart, he wouldn’t gradually lose interest in her.
Hence, she never imagined that instead of taking her for granted, He would love her more and treat her better with each passing day–until she was old and gray, and her life had run its course.
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