The Duke's Passion

690 She's my mom

Meanwhile...

"Mother, you said you can't remember me, correct?" Law inquired as he raised his gaze at Lilou, who was sitting beside him on the stairs.

Lilou smacked her lips, staring at the entrance of the mansion. Her arms were resting on her thigh, fingers playing with each other.

"Sadly," she replied after several seconds of silence, turning her head to smile at him. "I don't know you, but somehow, my heart does. It's strange — it's like... His Grace."

She smiled meekly as she glanced at him, only to see him staring back at her innocently. "It feels strange. How I am already a mother and know nothing about it. I admit when I saw His Grace, I felt like I had known him more than I should've."

No, it wasn't as simple as how she put it. The second she locked eyes with Samael, it was as if forbidden that her heart yearned for him. If she was less cautious, Lilou would've taken a step further and followed her heart. However, she didn't want to get controlled by an 'unknown' force.

She didn't want to give in, nor did she want to believe she loved a person whom she didn't know her entire life. Even if her heart yearned and ached for him; even if her skin burned with his simple caress, and even when she felt breathless under his gaze, she didn't want to succumb to something she didn't understand.

"Mother and Father often tell me to live my life on my own terms. They fought and put their lives at the stake for me and everyone to live in peace. For others, they were the thorns that must cease to exist and the hateful duo who shouldn't be together," he continued as his eyes softened, expressing his heart out, which he hadn't done in the past. "But for me, they were my heroes. I want to protect them when I grow older, just like how they protected me. I want to be stronger so they won't worry about me anymore, and maintain the peace they fought with their blood and tears."

"My mother..." Law raised his head and smiled at her. "... is the strongest woman I knew and respected. So, even if she can't remember me completely, I will still love her."

"She sounds amazing." Lilou raised her hand once again as she patted his hair. "She probably loves you so much for you to love her that much."

He smiled and let her ruffle his hair. There was just something in her touch that somehow calmed his heart, making him feel everything would be better in time.

"She's my mom, and that alone already made her amazing."

Lilou secretly bit her lower lip as tension built up in her throat at his last remarks. Law was smiling, but she felt like crying. In the end, Lilou tried her best to keep her composure as she spent time with him, talking just about anything they could.

She couldn't understand until now how she could forget someone who was important to her. But what she was certain of was that Law... was raised with loving parents.

Love... what a complicated word that somehow messed with her head. But it triggered her curiosity about this unstoppable force that the more she fought it, the stronger it gets.