Loving The Countess of Vesuvia (Nadia requests and headcanons)

Nadia x MC who wants a divorce part 2: The return

❀It was a freezing, melancholic winter morning. The Countess chose to remain in bed and spend the day in her chambers. Her body felt exceptionally cold without a lover's touch against her skin, but any yearning she had for her previous partner, she pushed away. There was no point in giving herself any false hope.

❀She faced her days with a stiff upper lip and completed her duty, but her heart remained broken. Nadia felt empty and alone. She was nothing but a shadow of her past self, a dark and lonely creature that exists but isn't truly alive.

❀There had been countless offers. Suitors and people who promised to give her a good time, but Nadia couldn't care less about them. She wanted MC, but they were not coming back. Besides, who could ever want a broken woman like her?

❀Except this cruel winter morning was different. "Milady!" Portia burst into Nadia's room with her eyes wide. The maid looked like she had seen a ghost, and she was panting, from which Nadia could tell that Portia was bringing urgent news. "It's them."

❀Them. It does not tell much. It could be anyone in the world. But Nadia knew. She knew it was MC. She desperately hoped it was MC.

❀She did not care about anything else. She did not spend an hour getting ready, and she definitely did not try her best to make herself look presentable like she normally would. She just put on her robe and rushed out of her bedroom with newfound energy.

Her heart raced with a mixture of anxiety, pain, and joy as she slammed the salon's door open.

❀And they were there. MC was in the room, looking right back into Nadia's eyes. They stood there, seemingly embarrassed and just as nervous as the Countess was.

❀"You are back," She said while gazing at MC's face. They were as beautiful as the day that they left her.

❀"Nadia, I made a mistake. I shouldn't have done it; I shouldn't have left you. I still love you. Gods, I've never stopped loving you. And if you can forgive me, I will stay by your side forever."

❀She couldn't believe what MC was saying. Nadia thought it was just a dream, that at any moment she would wake up. But MC was still there, within arm's reach and in love with her, waiting for Nadia to give an answer.

❀"You are here now, MC." Nadia kissed their forehead and then pulled them into her warm, loving embrace. "Nothing else matters."