Lord Preston's Secret Tutor (47 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 21

“Hmm.”

Jacqueline fell into silent thought as she walked slowly forward. There were times like this—moments when his former occupation would suddenly come to mind.

Those must have been days utterly unimaginable to Jacqueline—drifting across an endless, sightless ocean, locked in fierce battles against pirates.

Perhaps he still felt as if he were right in the middle of a battlefield—a battlefield where guns and swords felt more familiar than a cane and gloves.

“It’s rather fortunate for you, Lord Preston, that I happen to be quite attentive.”

To keep pace with him, Jacqueline quickened her steps slightly more than usual. Unlike a child, Windsor walked rather briskly.

“I tend to notice when others lose something.”

Glance.

His gaze brushed against Jacqueline’s cheek.

At some point, her pace had slowed; she no longer needed to hurry. Yet the two of them remained side by side.

“Still, Lord Preston, you really ought to pay Benjamin a bit more attention. Of course, I know you’re already doing your best, but Benjamin seems quite fond of you.”

Windsor walked ahead toward the carriage parked in the distance, listening to her gentle scolding.

Though the murmurs surrounding them were no different from when they had first arrived at the department store, his ears registered nothing but Jacqueline’s words.

It wasn’t bad at all.

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