To Love, Once Again

Chapter 71

"We're here, Sera." Lucien gently shakes Sera awake as he sets her down on a stone path. He'd princess-carried her inside the castle, but not towards his own rooms.

"Wha-"Sera's lashes flutter like butterfly wings as she awakes.

My goodness. She'd fallen asleep again.Lucien had brought her back, all the way to Leo's small cottage in the gardens. The rain had made the heady scent of flowers permeate the air, creating a night paradise that was a sight to behold. 'What a waste' Sera thought. A garden under the clear blue sky was beautiful, but there was a certain beauty in this time when all was quiet.

Sera's sleep-addled mind shakes the dust off, realizing what Lucien had done by bringing her here.

"Thank you, Lucien!"Sera jumps up and gives Lucien a happy hug. He was letting her stay with their son!

"No, I should have allowed this sooner." Lucien shakes his head. He'd been too foolish in his blind-eyed greed to spend more time with his woman. Her happiness was more important than anything. If being with her son made her happy, he would see that she spent time with him.

Taking both her hands in his, Lucien speaks earnestly in his melodious voice. "Can you teach me how to create a proper family, Sera?"

"Teach you?" Sera asks.

"Yes," His brows furrow slightly with apprehension. Lucien wasn't too confident with that part.

Creating a family was not something he was good at. After all, it was something he had never done before. His father had used him to serve the country, ignoring Lucien, the person. His mother didn't care for him after he'd lost his cuteness, started his maturation into an adult.He would focus on what he could do, for now.

"How does one create a proper family?"

Lucien asks. He truly didn't know.

Thinking of the her parents she'd said goodbye to in her old world, Sera's eyes grow somewhat misty. "I don't know. There's no manual on how to create a good family."

"But we spent time together because we cherished each other" She adds on, thinking about how her family, even with different work schedules ate dinner separately, would sit down in the living room and talk about their day. Maybe that was what defined a family. The time that a person spent with another. It didn't matter the kinds of conversations they had. Most of the time, they talked with no goal in mind. Things like how their day went and the funny commercial Pa had seen on tv.

"So it's a matter of time?" Lucien tilts his head, in a way that reminds Sera of their adorable son who was probably sleeping inside. Like father, like son.

"Yes. We get to know each other better by spending time together."

"Ah, I see. It's similar to courting." Lucien had planned on courting her after their marriage, when the plan was supposed to be carried out. Now, he could do it openly, pooling together the knowledge he'd gleaned from Icaros and his subordinate's conversations that he'd eavesdropped on to give Sera the best courting possible.

Lucien made it his business to make his woman happy. He loved his son, yes, but Sera was special. She was more than his other half. She was his own missing soul that breathed color into his life. So he'd prepared on ways he could make her happy. In his natural line of thought, their son hadn't factored into that equation. Why would it, when his own existence hadn't brought his mother joy.

The creating a family part required more research. He'll need to ask around tomorrow.

This was unexplored territory for Lucien, but he'll be damned if he didn't try.