Clara was moved because she didn’t expect that he would find her. But after being happy, she found that she had a jealous feeling. Did he not want to come back because he went to fetch water with Harper? Why did he still come to her now?
Because Clara didn’t answer her questions, Horace thought she was hurt. Holding the edge of the pit with one hand, he jumped down without hesitation.
When Horace walked in front of Clara with worry, he saw her swollen feet at a glance. Then he squatted down and wanted to rub her with infinite love. But he dared not touch them, being afraid of accidentally hurting her again.
“Does it hurt?” Looking up at Clara with love, Horace asked her. After asking, he cursed himself for being a fool. How could it not hurt if it was swollen like this?
Noticing that Clara was trembling slightly, Horace quickly took off his coat and put it on for her, “Sorry Clara, I’m late. It’s okay, don’t be afraid. We can get out right away.”
When Clara felt Horace’s gentle words and actions, tears filled her eye socket. She bit her lips hard and asked angrily, “Aren’t you with Harper? Why are you still coming to me?”
Hearing her jealous tone, Horace didn’t know whether he should be angry or laugh.
He gently touched Clara’s lips to prevent her from biting him. Horace softly replied, “There’s nothing between her and me. Don’t think about it. Besides, it’s you who arrange for me to be with her.”
After glancing at Clara annoyingly, Horace then said, “Clara, I don’t like Harper. You are the only one I love in my heart. Don’t push me to other women in the future, okay? I’ll be sad after a long time.”
Hearing Horace say so, Clara finally couldn’t help crying. Complex emotions mixed in her heart, including grievances, sadness, fear, and unspeakable joy.
Horace wiped Clara’s tears with his fingers, and held her in his arms, “Sorry, sorry, Clara, it’s my fault that I didn’t come to save you earlier. You must be scared.”
Clara sobbed in Horace’s arms. She didn’t know why she had so many tears. She hadn’t cried like this for a long time.
Horace blamed himself as he patted Clara on her shoulder gently. She must be scared for crying like this. Why didn’t he come to her earlier?
“Well, Clara, don’t cry. Let’s find a way out first. The injury on your foot must be treated quickly. It’s so cold here. If you don’t go up, you will be frozen.” Gently pushing her, Horace said softly and wiped the tears on Clara’s face.
Clara didn’t expect that she would cry so badly in front of Horace, so she was a little embarrassed for a moment. Breaking away from Horace, she wiped her tears and said, “I sprained my ankle. How do we get out?”
Remaining calm, Horace looked up to measure the distance from the bottom of the pit to the top of the pit. “You can go up by stepping on my shoulder. After you are out, I can jump out the pit myself.”
“Well.” Clara nodded, and now there was no other way.
“Is your foot OK?” Horace hesitated and asked after seeing Clara’s swollen feet. What if she accidentally hurt herself again?
Clara felt a little hot on her face with listening to Horace’s undisguised love in his tone, “It should be all right, and now it’s the only way to go out.”
“Then bear the pain.” Horace touched Clara’s head and said, and then squatted down. “Step on my shoulder slowly. Remember to be careful.”
Clara shed tears again by looking at Horace’s back in front of her. At this time, she had to admit that she was moved.
Clara stepped on Horace’s shoulder carefully and held the wall in front of her with both hands, “OK, I’m standing up, you can get up slowly.”
Hearing Clara’s words, Horace stood up carefully for fear that she would fall because of his excessive movement.
The two of them stood up bit by bit, and Clara’s half body was already above the ground. Grabbing the weeds beside the pit, Clara finally climbed up slowly.
“Clara, are you up there? How’s your ankle?” After sending Clara up, Horace asked below uneasily.
“Yeah, I’m fine. Can you come up by yourself?” The pit was not shallow, and Clara was a little worried that Horace couldn’t come up by himself.
“No problem,” Horace’s voice came from below. “Stay away from the mouth of the pit. I’m afraid I’ll hit you.”
After hearing Horace’s words, Clara walked a little sideways.
Horace found several branches at the bottom of the pit, which was used to make two holes on the soil wall that could let him step on. After two steps of running up in the pit, Horace quickly stepped on the holes to climb up.
“Are you okay?” Clara inquired with joy after Horace came up.
“Yep.” Cleaning the soil on him, Horace walked toward Clara with a smile and wanted to pick her up.
“I can walk by myself. I don’t need your help.” Clara quickly avoided Horace.
“Clara,” Horace was a little sad and helpless about her dodge.
“Your injury is very serious. And now it’s getting dark, we need to go back to treat the wound as soon as possible. When can we arrive as you walk so slowly? When it’s completely dark, what can we do if we get lost?”
Clara couldn’t refute Horace’s words for a moment. After all, what he said was very reasonable.
Seeing that Clara no longer refused, Horace came forward to pick her up. Clara subconsciously threw her arms around his neck.
After realizing her action, Clara hurriedly tried to put her hand down, but Horace stopped her, “Just put it like this, and I can save some effort.”
Hearing what he said, Clara didn’t know how to refuse. After all, it was him who was exerting his strength now, so she continued to hang on his neck with a blush.
Looking at Clara in her arms, Horace was full of remorse and said, “Clara, it’s all my fault that this has happened today. It’s because I didn’t protect you well. I promise that this will never happen again in the future. I will always protect you and won’t let you be bullied.”
Noticing the deep affection in Horace’s eyes, Clara felt her heart beating uncontrollably fast again. She could feel that she was slowly giving in.
No, she was afraid that if it went on like this, she would fall in love with Horace again.