Chapter 99: Marriage (Complete)
Embracing Adilun in my arms, I realized she was crying.
I couldn't tell her not to cry. She must be crying out of happiness. And... I too felt a wave of emotion swelling up within me.
Yes. Finally, we were at the starting line of a new life.
A relationship where we face each other, walk together at times, and perhaps fight occasionally, but always reconcile based on a foundation of steadfast trust. That was where we were starting.
With this thought, I gently released Adilun from my embrace and looked at her face.
Her eyes tinged with a hint of red looked beautiful to me, as if I was gazing at a sky strewn with stars.
In the end, I couldn't resist and stole a kiss from her lips. Despite having longed for them countless times, how could they make me this happy?
Thump. Thump.
And simultaneously, the sound of Adilun's heartbeat resounded.
This wasn't the steady heartbeat of Adilun that I was used to; it was slightly erratic. It was the first time I had ever heard her heart sound so loud.
Wondering what was happening, I looked at Adilun, and the focus disappeared from her eyes.
"...Adilun?"