Chapter 548: Every life-changing decision needs emotional support
I knew dragging her out abruptly like this didn’t look good, but I also didn’t think having a conversation in front of all those adults would bring the best result. Well, it wasn’t very far anyway, just across the second-floor gallery.
"V-Val?" Zia called out to me bewilderedly, but she still followed me well.
Perhaps, unconsciously, she also wanted to leave the room.
Still, somehow, she kept trying to convince me--or perhaps herself. "It’s...it’s not a bad thing, you know! I will be able to help Sister Aleena more and...and it will be good for me and...and Izzi if I have more authority, you know..."
Honestly, it would be a compelling argument if she wasn’t stuttering so much.
I pulled her inside the nursery and closed the door. There was nothing but a white bassinet under a protective sheet in the middle of the room, but it didn’t matter. I turned around to hold her shoulders and looked at her keenly.
Taking a deep breath, there was only one thing I wanted to make sure of. "Are you sure you won’t regret it?"
Asking whether she was sure of doing this was useless unless I could provide another solution, but at the very least, I wanted Zia to be able to voice out what she really felt before taking on this literal life-changing decision.
And as I thought, the fierce and determined mask she had been wearing crumbled.
She replied to me with trembling eyes in a shaky, almost whisper-like voice. "I...I don’t know..." Zia gripped my coat tightly with unstable hands. "I don’t know..."
A sigh escaped my lips as I pulled her into an embrace. When I started caressing the back of her head, she trembled even more. It reminded me of the time she was overwhelmed by her feelings for Izzi.