“I thought Sir Preston might be bored, so I came to keep him company.”
Jacqueline said this with a proud expression as she took over the long couch. Windsor’s lips curved slightly. A faint breath slipped between his teeth.
It looked, at a glance, like a smile.
He leaned back into the chair with his arms crossed. Jacqueline lay down, resting her head on her arm.
“……”
Silence settled again.
No—there wasn’t complete silence. Thunder still rumbled in the distance, rain poured down relentlessly, and Benjamin’s faint breathing could be heard.
And yet Windsor thought it was utterly quiet.
He wasn’t sleepy, but he slowly closed his eyes anyway, as if savoring the peace of the moment.
Night deepened along with the pouring rain. At some point, another steady breath blended into the noisy silence.
Windsor gently focused on that sound, pushing away everything else. Without realizing it, even his…
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