Chapter 209: You’re All My Most Important Family
“For my sake, don’t fight, please.”
Angel gently coaxed Lena, taking the silver fork and feeding her a piece of cake.
She blinked, and Lena blinked back.
“Sister is my most important family, and so are you, please, Lena…”
Her soft voice, like a gentle hook, tugged at Lena’s heart.
Tears welled up in her eyes, her breath catching.
Her sorrowful eyes, filled with only Lena’s reflection…
“You knew I would soften.”
Lena swallowed the cake, and Angel offered her another piece, like a pitiful puppy, trying to please her.
“Lena…”
Angel tucked a strand of pink hair behind her ear, her delicate earlobe translucent.
She kissed the corner of Lena’s mouth, licking away a crumb.
Her soft tongue lingered for a moment, then she pulled away, whispering, “Thank you for the treat.”
“I haven’t agreed to anything yet.”
“You already have.”
“…”
“Get along with my sister, she’s not a bad person.”
Angel’s cheeks were flushed, a faint blush on her face.
She was still shy, after all, kissing in public, and the feeding play…
She had summoned all her courage, acting spoiled.
Surely Lena would agree…
Angel wasn’t entirely sure.
“Hmph, we’ll see if she’s willing, I don’t really care,” Lena said, turning her head away, feigning indifference.
“That’s great.”
Angel breathed a sigh of relief. Now, she just had to deal with Vanessa.
As long as she could persuade Vanessa, there wouldn’t be any more “domestic violence,” and she could finally have a peaceful relationship with Vanessa.
A spatial mage who was a loner, the title itself was so… pitiful.
A person without friends was like an island, their joys and sorrows buried within, eventually leading to illness.
If only Vanessa could make some friends.
Angel believed that getting Vanessa to accept Lena was a big step towards opening her up to the outside world.
She had to take it slow.
Angel took a deep breath, approaching Vanessa. “Sister…”
“Don’t try to persuade me, I will never accept Lena.”
Vanessa’s reaction was even stronger than expected.
Angel didn’t know why Vanessa was so hostile towards Lena, had something happened between them?
“Sister, for my sake.”
Angel used the same tactic, her expression pitiful.
She took Vanessa’s hand, sitting beside her, her eyes shimmering with tears.
“I know you hate Lena, but I don’t want you to be alone. You should try to make some friends, so you won’t be so lonely when I’m not around, and you’ll have someone to help you in times of danger.”
Angel’s voice was soft and patient.
Vanessa was slightly moved, but she didn’t say anything.
Books had always been her only companions, both in her childhood and now. Besides Angel and her mother, she didn’t care about anyone else.
She understood her sister’s good intentions.
She had considered making friends before, but she already had Snow, her childhood sweetheart, she didn’t need anyone else.
But…
Snow didn’t seem to truly care for her.
Cold, indifferent, a high and mighty flower.
They lacked communication, one unwilling to speak, the other unable to, leading to a strained relationship, not as harmonious as it seemed to outsiders.
Childhood sweethearts, bound by fate.
Yet as distant as strangers.
Vanessa lowered her eyes, seemingly lost in thought. After a long while, she looked up at Angel. “I don’t accept Lena, but you’re my sister, my only family. If I antagonize Lena, it won’t be good for you.”
What if Angel and Lena had a fight? She would be the one Angel turned to.
And with her strained relationship with Lena, she wouldn’t be able to mediate, their marriage might even end because of her…
Vanessa could endure her own grievances, but she couldn’t bear to see Angel suffer.
For Angel, she would do anything.
What was Lena compared to that?
“Thank you, sister.”
Seeing Vanessa compromise, Angel beamed.
“No more fighting, okay? The three of us have to live happily together, like a family.”
“Childish,” Vanessa scoffed. “Who wants to be family with that person?”
Angel ignored her, hugging her arm, rubbing against her.
Her “spoiled” technique was flawless.
“Ahem!”
Lena coughed loudly from a distance.
Her little wife was clinging to her sister!
And not clinging to her, how unfair!
They hadn’t had their “cuddling ritual” for thirteen minutes and seven seconds! This wasn’t right! Angel should be clinging to her, always!
Hearing the cough, Angel quickly released Vanessa, stepping back, her hands behind her back, a mischievous smile on her face.
Lena, annoyed, turned away, her expression sulky.
“Don’t be angry, I’ve already talked to my sister.”
“She’s sensible.”
“Yes, let’s go, let’s go to the circus, I think there will be many interesting things to see.”
Angel tried to mediate.
A circus was a great place to bond, not as romantic as a movie, but who wouldn’t laugh at the funny animal tricks?
Laughter could mend any rift.
Since their first impression had been shattered, it was time to rebuild, a broken mirror could be mended.
Angel believed Vanessa and Lena could get along.
Because Lena wasn’t a bad person.
After experiencing so much together, Angel no longer associated Lena with a devil.
A beautiful appearance, a gentle and delicate heart, a seemingly wicked but actually pure and kind soul, how could such a person be a villain…?
Hand in hand, they walked together.
Angel’s heart was filled with sweetness, a love that had blossomed from nowhere, overflowing, unable to be contained.
Lena was her wife in name, and she was Lena’s beloved, both of them ordinary girls toyed with by fate, yet cherishing each other, cherishing the present.
“…”
Vanessa lagged behind, watching them, a sense of loneliness washing over her, like an old man abandoned in an empty house, his family gone.
Vanessa paused for a moment, lost in thought, then finally caught up, continuing forward…
