“That’s what I thought when I still thought I was alone… Ah!”
Sienna’s hand slipped. The more she struggled to keep her balance, the faster she fell.
“Uh!”
“Oh!”
Carl, who opened his arms to receive the falling Sienna, fell back hugging her. Sienna looked like she was coming straight for him. When she raised herself, her face hovered above his closely. Carl’s face was shining brightly even though only the light of the mansion was illuminating the garden.
They had been facing each other for a long time when Sienna turned her head away first and said, “So, it’s because you kept making me speak that this happened.”
“I looked at you because I was nervous. Look at you! You just fell off like I said you would.”
“It would’ve been OK if you hadn’t spoken to me.”
They argued about each other’s faults with their faces a palm away from each other, so he said first, “Fine. Even if it’s my fault, how long are you going to keep me down like this?”
“I’m sorry.”
When Sienna tried to pull herself up, he pulled on her arm.
“Uh!”
Sienna fell into Carl’s arms, and he hugged her. He pivoted them with her still in his arms. Unlike before, now Sienna was the one looking up with her back on the ground. All the boyish teasing that had been on Carl’s face before was gone now, and there was no embarrassment from her staring at his serious face.
“Lady Sienna!”
At that moment, she heard someone’s voice calling for her in the distance.
At the sound, Carl let Sienna’s arm go. She quickly pulled herself up, and he followed suit.
“I have to go. I’ll see you at the Debut Ceremony for the Esteemed Daughter of the Waters Family.”
He shook her hand and climbed back up the tree. Then, he disappeared over the wall of the mansion without any hesitation.
She tried her best to contain the sight of his leaving appearance in her mind. If possible, she wanted to keep all records of that day as it had happened in her memory.
“Miss!” Jane found Sienna and ran out to the garden. “Are you hurt?”
“No. I just…”
“Why are you lying here?”
“I wanted to see the Lantern Festival, so I went up the tree…”
“No matter how much you wanted to see the Lantern Festival, for heaven’s sakes, does it make sense to put yourself in danger by climbing trees? Miss, you are really…”
Jane nagged at her, but nothing was going in Sienna’s ears. She murmured on while she kept staring at the tree from where he had jumped away.
“At this rate, what if I get greedy again?”
What should she do if she ended up falling in love with Carl again and became unhappy with her foolish choice? Sienna was terrified of it.
*
“The priest has awoken,” a maid informed Sienna during her breakfast.
“Really?!”
She stopped eating and went straight into Roy’s room.
“Roy!”
“Lady Sienna!”
Sienna felt like she was approaching him about a month later. Roy still looked pale, but he smiled and welcomed her.
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FantasyAuthor: 윤지은 Alternative names: 리부트시에나 Genre: Fantasy, Josei, Romance Source: Webnovel Status: Completed Chapter 1-120 ----- "Marry me under the conditions that we will divorce in 5 years." Being reincarnated 5 years into the past, she will not let h...