In Place of Losing My Memory, I Remembered That I Was the Fiancée of the Capture Target - Chapter 1.9
“Um…about Theodore…sorry.”
The well-kept garden was filled with colorful flowers.
I said as I sat side by side with Patrick in one of the pavilions, watching tea being poured into teacups.
“Ah. Him…He always glares at me.”
Patrick replied, holding his teacup in his hand, not seeming to mind.
“I’m really…sorry.”
“—-Well it can’t be helped. He’s in love with you.”
“What…?”
I stopped my hand trying to pick up the teacup.
In love…?
I mean… Theodore is my…
“Even though we are sisters and brothers…?”
“— oh, no one has explained it to you.”
Patrick looked at me as I put the cup down.
“He was your cousin originally.”
“Cousin…’”
“He was adopted when you and I got engaged and Count Bertini needed a successor. He was the third son of the Count’s sister, I believe.”
“I never heard that…”
When I woke up, he introduced himself as my younger brother, and when the rest of the family didn’t say anything else…I thought we were real siblings.
“I see, you didn’t know.” Patrick took a breath.
“Be careful with Theodore. He wants you.”
“Wants… that is…”
“Our engagement won’t be overturned as long as it’s the king’s order, but I’m worried about you both living in the same house.”
A hand reached out and stroked my head.
“Nothing strange had happened, right?”
“…yes.”
“If there’s something, please let me know right away.”
I nodded my head and he stroked it again.
“I really want to get married as soon as possible…. but we’re still a student…”
“Marriage…”
“If possible, I’d like to get married when you graduate from the academy.”
—I know that “it” is beyond the engagement, but I still think it is a long way off.
I was far from feeling that it was going to happen to me.
And if I can’t get my memory back… how can I get married?
“Xia?”
Patrick looked into my face as I turned my head.
“You don’t want to marry me?”
I was startled by the dark voice.
“No…it’s not that…”
I shook my head loosely.
“I…I don’t have any memories…I don’t even know about the house I’m living in…is it okay for me to marry you?”
“Don’t worry about that.”
A large hand clasped mine.
“You will learn what you don’t know, and you will make memories from now on.”
The green eyes in front of me seemed to absorb me… I stared at them blankly, and then the green light disappeared.
Soon, I feel something soft touch my forehead.
“…ah…”
I realized that it was his lips, and blood rushed to my face.
“Xia. I’m the one who will marry you.”
Patrick once again dropped a kiss on my forehead as he said this, his eyes filled with tenderness and warmth as he looked at me.