Holder Manor Secret

Edward tried to avoid meeting with the Duke of Suckling again.This is very easy, after all their identities are very different.But unexpectedly, the noble duke held a banquet and warmly invited Edward and his party to participate.

"This is inappropriate," Edward refused. "For the sake of Anna's reputation, we should keep a low profile. Appearing at the Duke's banquet will cause groundless speculation and embarrass both of us."

"No, of course not." Both Andrew and Hughes tried their best to dissuade, "This is a good opportunity. We can show the social world that even if the engagement is broken, it will not affect the friendship between the Duke and us. That is the most important thing. "

"...but I'm not needed, I'm not big enough to be at a party like that."

"Why do you think so?"

Andrew said: "The duke said he went to the same school as you. What a rare thing! You must go, otherwise the duke will be very disappointed."

Hughes also said: "This is a very large gathering, and many foreign envoys will be present. Think about Anna, maybe she has gone to another country?"

Edward had to agree.

Does the grown-up feel guilty about this?In the middle of the night when there is no one, has he knelt down to admit his mistakes, or slept peacefully by his wife or lover's pillow.Edward was not curious.This happened so many years ago, so far away that it almost seems like it never happened.A true gentleman should pretend it never happened.

But the Duke of Suckling was not a gentleman, as he had proved many years ago.

Almina was unable to go due to physical reasons, and Vivienne and the gentlemen attended the Duke's party as scheduled.The Suckling family is an old French aristocrat, and has a relationship with many surnames, including the family of Hughes' mother, who also married a Miss Suckling.

"Oh, everyone is welcome."

The Duke of Suckling and his wife walked over gracefully, and they greeted every guest, whether he was an envoy from a foreign country or a commoner without a title.Everyone can get enough respect at the banquet, such respect can't help but give birth to some false pride, as if he has become some great person.

Edward had to salute the duke and duchess. The duke's eyes fell on him, and he left quickly.He kept a dignified and gentle smile and said, "Good day."

Andrew excitedly wanted to chat with the duke, but there were so many guests and noble status that he was quickly excluded from communication. "Don't be discouraged," Hughes comforted, "Let me introduce some adults for you."

Edward declined Hughes' invitation and walked out of the noisy hall alone.The night breeze brought a chill, Edward shivered subconsciously, and tightened his neckline.

Another person walked up to him.

Edward turned his head abruptly. He thought he would see someone he didn't want to see, but instead saw his young lover.His golden hair shone slightly under the moonlight, as if hiding some treasure.

He is a treasure.

"Vince..." Edward couldn't help but rushed up and grabbed Vincent's arm, "Why are you here?"

Vincent looked down at him, "Of course I can be here."

He held Edward's wrist instead, and pulled him to the center of the courtyard. The noise was far away from them, and only the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves and the chirping of insects remained in his ears.Edward looked at him in a daze. They were in Paris, and they seemed to be back in the past.

"Vince...I..."

Edward wanted to speak, he wanted to explain, but found that he couldn't justify; he wanted to question, but he was reluctant to say a serious word.He could only look at Vincent's still young and handsome face, look into his blue eyes, and murmur, "I miss you so much..."

我 很想 你.

So many love words, so many lies, so many sins and loves, I can't even say them.I look at you, I can only look at you, and even then, it makes me almost die.

Edward propped himself against Vincent's chest, and he grabbed the hem of the young man's shirt, almost being scratched by the rough lace. "Where did you go...why didn't you come to me, why didn't you write to me?...you were so cruel to me...how could you not see me..."

He reversed the sentences and said something slurred.Why do you treat me like this, leave me, abandon me, take away all the light and heat, and leave me forever in the cold snowy night?He spoke so pitifully, like an animal whose leg was bitten by a trap. It looked at the hunter with tearful eyes and asked him why he hurt it like this.

As if he was the victim himself.

Vincent pulled Edward's hair so hard that Edward kept falling back.His face was away from Vincent's chest, exposed to the night wind and moonlight.

"How dare you say such a thing?"

Vincent's voice was hoarse in the night, with a gloomy hatred.Edward looked at him in fear, "I..." He suddenly realized that he could not soften the young man's heart with tears and weakness.

"……I'm very sorry……"

Edward couldn't meet Vincent's eyes, he closed his eyes and spoke with difficulty.

"Feel sorry?"

Vincent let out a short laugh, and his voice became sweet and long, and it sounded in Edward's ear, whispering like words of sympathy. "Why are you sorry? Because you rejected my marriage proposal, or because you abandoned me with your own hands? You tore my heart and swallowed it up, and now you are crying and begging for my forgiveness? How can I forgive What about you... After all, I have no heart."

Edward's throat rolled, and the sobbing like a cub was suppressed in his body.

"Do you know where I went after you chased me away? I was tied up by my father from Reese Town to the capital... He refused to give me enough to eat, and he was afraid that I would run away as soon as I had the strength... Until then I fancied that you would come to me, save me, protect me, bring me your handouts..."

"I love you……"

Edward said in pain that Vincent grabbed his chin so hard that he couldn't speak.

"Your love? Oh... that is really a precious thing... I kneel at your feet, I just ask you to look at me. Just one look, I am willing to die for you... But you refused me cruelly, just It’s like treating a beast. No, even a low-class person will give a beast a bite to eat and a place to sleep in peace!”

"... how can you accuse me? When I am on a foreign battlefield, when my soldiers die in front of me, when I am wounded, I will think of you... sir... your cruelty allows me Survive against a ferocious enemy..."

"No one in this world will hurt me like you..."

The young man let out a low growl.Edward put his arms around his head like a driven lion.

"I'm very sorry……"

He stroked his lover's soft hair, and said patiently and regretfully, "I'm sorry...really..."

"There is not a single day... not even a single day that I don't regret... I made a big mistake..."

Edward's voice choked, and he could barely speak.The pain clogged his throat and made his soul tremble.

"...but still I beg you, beg you to forgive me... PLEASE... FORGIVEME..."

"Because you must forgive me."