My Happy Marriage, Vol. 5 by Akumi Agitogi and Tsukiho Tsukioka

Author:Akumi Agitogi and Tsukiho Tsukioka
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On

As the four continued to eat, drink, and chat, the night grew late.

When Takaihito, whose daily schedule was planned down to the minute, took his leave, Kaoruko, who had awakened and sobered up, also terminated her art with sleepy eyes.

Miyo, Hazuki, and Yurie were now the only three left, and the room grew quiet.

The atmosphere felt both familiar yet different than usual, which was perhaps unavoidable given their location.

“Miyo… Is it all right if I ask you something?” Hazuki asked quietly as she cleaned up the scattered sake cups and bottles, plates, and other leftover items.

“Yes.”

“What do you think of Kiyoka?”

Miyo stopped in her tracks.

Her suspicions had been confirmed. It was clear that both Hazuki and Yurie had picked up on the fact that something had changed within her.

Assuming she wasn’t being too full of herself, Miyo figured that Hazuki had set up this soiree because she had seen through the truth behind her distress.

Hazuki had undoubtedly done that to make Miyo feel more comfortable talking with them.

But…

Miyo simply couldn’t bring herself to answer the question.

She knew herself.

She had always given the same answer when asked about Kiyoka in the past: He was her beloved fiancé, who she always wanted to be together with.

But now, she got the sense that merely vocalizing the word beloved would give her answer a different tone.

So Miyo tried to skirt the question.

“Kiyoka is very important to me. I’d like to spend the rest of my days at his side, if he would allow it… That’s what I think.”

“Miyo.”

She couldn’t look Hazuki in the eye. The woman’s gaze was serious, without a hint of frivolity, as if to say that Miyo hadn’t actually answered the question.

She felt guilty.

Miyo had glossed over the question and hidden her feelings despite understanding what Hazuki was asking.

“If you don’t want to answer, then I promise you don’t have to. I’m not forcing you. But, what exactly is making you so stubborn on this point, I wonder? There’s nothing to think twice about, is there? No matter what your feelings may be, I’m sure Kiyoka will accept them.”

“It’s just that…”

She was scared.

Terrified that these feelings might change something. Miyo was only growing happier and happier, and she was scared this might bring misfortune to someone else.

It wasn’t something she could easily confess, even when told she was being cowardly.

If things continued as they were currently, she and Kiyoka would become husband and wife before long. They would be able to be together. Miyo couldn’t possibly wish for anything more than that. Despite that, was there any reason for her to make her feelings clear?

Her breath caught.

There was a sharp pain inside her nose, and her heart was a mire as she floundered over what to do.

“I don’t… I don’t want things to change.”

When someone loved a person, they could end up shutting out everyone else. Like her stepmother, who was obsessed with her father.

Simple affection, on the other hand, could be given to many people.

For instance, Miyo cared about all the people around her who had shown her kindness.

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