No matter what else is on her mind, as long as Nancy doesn't say, it's fine. After all, there's plenty of time in the future.
Godfery Shaw tucked Nancy in, gently imprinting a kiss on her brow.
Godfery Shaw sat by the bedside for half the night, his eyes red from staying up, then returned to the Imperial Garden.
He took off his coat, revealing the shirt he wore when he went to rescue Nancy, still stained with blood.
After seeing blood, his gaze gradually changed, quickly becoming sinister and violent. He raised his hand and smashed a precious jade ornament in the bedroom, speaking gloomily: "Why can't I, when clearly I am the one born for her? Why can your brother, but I can't?"
Godfery Shaw remained silent for a long while.
Rubbing the bracelet gifted to him with his left hand, he gradually calmed down and murmured to himself: "It's alright, she's going to give me a new bracelet. Someday she will accept me."
"She will."
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