"I am not lying. It's all true. You're so considerate, and you will understand me, right?"
"No matter what I am doing and whether there is another woman by my side or not, you're my only wife in my heart."
Saying this, he took out a blue velvet box from his pocket and opened it. There were two plain rings in it. Under the dim light, they had fine gloss.
"They're all the people you used to care about the most. Today, I asked them to come here to... say goodbye to you. By the way, I want them to witness our marriage." After saying this, he suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of the stone tablet and raised the box in his hand high, "No matter what others think of me, I still want to ask you. Would you marry me?"
Elizabeth finally understood why he hung those colorful lanterns and dressed so formally on such a sad day. It turned out that he wanted to propose to her.
Proposing should show his sincerety and be romantic.
Others didn't speak.
Other than Isaac, who was still smiling, everyone was grieved when they heard this.
"When you were alive, I couldn't say these words for some reason. After you died, I could say these and propose to you, but where are you now?"
James and Benjamin endured their sorrow in their hearts, but Elizabeth was a woman after all. When she heard these words and saw Isaac's appearance, her eyes were already full of tears and her throat tightened.
She bit her lip tightly and reached out to hold James's hand, pinching his hand tightly. Looking at Isaac in front of her, she swore in her heart that she would hold James's hand tightly like this forever.
"If you don't answer me, I'll take it as a yes."
Isaac's low voice sounded again, with a trace of tenderness and joy.
After saying that, he took out one ring, "I made it according to your size. It should be suitable for you."
As he spoke, he smiled, as if he had really worn the ring for Adele, and as if they could live together in love for the rest of their lives.
Elizabeth thought that he would place the ring in a certain place in front of the stone tablet, but she heard Isaac say, "But, I'll keep the ring for you first. When I see you one day, I'll give it to you personally."
He looked down at the drum and said extremely softly, "When you told me that you were pregnant, you didn't know how happy I was. I was highly delighted as if I had got the whole world. I thought that you had grown up when I was not paying attention. Although you still looked innocent and cute, you got pregnant with my child. The child might look like you, and might look like me. But no matter who it looked like, it was our most wonderful gift given by god. I am thirty-one years old and I became a father. That was a child of you and me. How could I bear to abandon it?"
"I love it, and... I'm sorry for it."
"I am not a good man, so I hurt your heart and let you leave me. I am also... not a good father, so our child also left us quietly..."
He smiled and then walked to the edge of the cliff with his body trembling a little.
Elizabeth was shocked and wanted to go forward to stop him, but James grabbed her hand tightly and shook his head at her with a bitter smile.
It wasn't a long-distance, but he walked for quite a Isaac just stood there. After standing for a long while, he raised his hand and threw down the clothes in his hand. The clothes were stirred by the gentle night wind, falling down the cliff slowly.
When he could no longer see the clothes, he turned around and stood beside the stone tablet. He lowered his head and looked at it for a while, and then raised his hand and caressed it. His eyes were gentle as if he was saying sweet words to Adele, "We should have got married in love, and we should have lived together for a few decades... Since it's your choice, I'll follow you. It's impossible for us to get our marriage certificates anymore. But... as long as I can be with you, it doesn't matter if you're in heaven."
"After today, I may not be able to see you often. Take... good care of yourself."
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