The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 974

Chapter 974: Chapter 974: The Rain That Never Fell

A voice that held a light yet helpless tone, it was clearly the same voice as before, yet inexplicably, it made Scarlett Jennings’ body tense slightly.

Her mind seemed blank for a moment, as she gazed at the person in front of her, clearly still the same person.

And yet, somehow, there was something different.

Her fingers tightened, and she subconsciously clenched her palm.

Staring at the person in front, she slowly seemed to find her voice again and asked,

"Samuel Chalmers?"

She was a bit unsure.

Such hesitation was unlike her.

But she still remembered, when she was in Artefact Village, she had a similar illusion.

At that time, she tentatively called him.

But his response was just silence from the person opposite her.

That silence told her that she once again mistook the person in front of her.

The so-called sense of familiarity was nothing more than an illusion born of her hopes.

She feared that this was also her illusion now.

"Samuel Chalmers?" She asked again.

Fortunately, this time, the person opposite didn’t respond with silence.

He said,

"It’s me."

The two words caused Scarlett Jennings’ heart, which had stalled for a moment, to suddenly leap back into motion.

She looked at the person in front of her, her eyes once again uncontrollably reddening.

Samuel Chalmers looked at her like this, and within his heart, it was no longer the strange feeling of unfamiliarity that left him at a loss.

Instead, it was a genuine sense of heartache.

Heartache for her waiting.

Heartache for the grievances she’d suffered from "him" during the waiting period.

Fingertips clad in golden light gently caressed her cheek, touching the slight redness at the corner of her eye, attempting to cover that hue with the golden glow.

Once more, he spoke, voice softer than before.

He said,

"Scarlett, I’ve returned."

With a settled and assured sense of comfort, he stared unwaveringly at the person in front until she, after initial daze, suddenly withdrew her face from his touch.

Samuel’s fingers stiffened slightly, thinking she didn’t believe him, and just as he was about to say something, the person in front instantly leapt into his embrace without hesitation.

Samuel paused for but a moment, then quickly extended his arms, at that moment, both he and his golden glow embraced her tightly without hesitation.

Belated emotions spread through his chest.

In this moment, he seemed to re-discover his joys and sorrows.

In this moment, he was no longer merely the guardian of Cathay’s lands.

He was still Samuel Chalmers.

Scarlett Jennings felt the familiar and warm embrace, her body almost merging with his golden glow, and the arms encircling her carried a firm strength that inexplicably made her eyes hot.

She didn’t want to cry.

Too much had happened today.

She didn’t want to indulge herself in displaying too much vulnerability.

Yet facing the person in front of her, she struggled to control it.

In a daze, she understood why in the hall, her mother, who was strong and fearless, unwaveringly protecting her and her brother, would cry like a child the moment she saw her father.

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