There Is No Paradise Where I Ran Away To (14 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 93

Following Vivian’s doctor’s advice, she began eating small meals and slowly walked around her room. Although it had only been slightly over a week, the effects of lying in bed doing nothing were considerable.

All her joints had stiffened, and when she took her first step to walk, she felt a sharp pain as if her legs might break. Moreover, because she had injured her head, the doctor insisted on absolute rest, and Edwin forbade her from stepping a single foot beyond her room.

Not that she’d been in any condition to simply walk out on her own anyway.

When she met Sophie, whose arm was in a splint, she couldn’t hide her shock. Sophie had been the first to find her after she fell off the cliff. Hearing how Sophie had desperately tried to keep her body warm filled Vivian with gratitude too deep for words.

How could she not love Sophie, who—despite her own injuries—had come running, sobbing in relief upon hearing Vivian had awakened?

Although Sophie had injured her arm, she insisted she would recover quickly and wanted to stay by Vivian’s side. Yet even this was denied due to the doctor’s orders. Sophie had to take time off until her bones fully healed.

Supported by a maid as she walked around her room, Vivian happily noted that her strength was returning nicely.

Just then, Edwin arrived. Vivian brightened greatly at the sight of him, but realizing she’d shown too much emotion, she quickly tempered her expression. Once the maid who handed Vivian over to him left the bedroom, they were alone together.

“…I doubt my lady would approve of us being alone like this.”

Still holding Edwin’s hand tightly, Vivian took slow steps forward. He answered only with a quiet smile and showed no intention of leaving the bedroom. Vivian, gripping his hand firmly, completed a full circle around the room.

They reached the bed. Edwin pulled the blanket over Vivian’s thighs as she sat back against the cushions.

Outside the window, the sharp winter sunlight glittered brightly. Occasionally, when they aired out the room, the cool winter breeze blowing in was the only passage connecting her to the outside world.

“Edwin, I want to take a walk outside.”

“No.”

Her earnest request was met with a firm refusal.

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