Chapter 52
5. The Girl Receiving Human Love
Even after promising a loveless marriage to Liv, Emmett visited her daily bearing flowers. News of Duke Lartman’s proposal to the Hamelsvoort family spread widely in high society, and the Countess Hamelsvoort’s face bloomed with smiles as more flowers arrived. Finally, when the entire Hamelsvoort manor was overwhelmed with flowers, leaving the servants sneezing amid them, the Count Hamelsvoort penned an affirmative reply to the marriage.
“Ho ho, I shall make way for you two.”
“Enjoy your time together.”
With exaggerated gestures, the Hamelsvoort couple excused themselves. Emmett would visit Liv a little before the sun reached its zenith, and Liv had grown accustomed to the timing of his visits. Upon waking, she would await him by the window, and after he left, her day was filled recounting their conversations.
“Is there any particular wedding you desire?”
Emmett asked Liv in an even tone, and she shook her head.
“You know I am unfamiliar with typical weddings. Since I simply wish to live like others, an ordinary wedding would suffice.”
Emmett nodded in acknowledgment, though he had no intention of preparing an ordinary wedding for Liv. Unable to voice his love, he would instead bestow upon her the most lavish, magnificent wedding this world could offer. If Liv desired an ordinary life, he would simply elevate her standards of ‘ordinary’.
Emmett requested that all wedding matters be entrusted to him, which the Hamelsvoort couple seemed to trust him with completely.
“Liv, may I invite you to the Duchy of Lartman?”
“What?”