Now, she positions herself as Claudia while living in the novel world. When telling Harry about her dark past life, she deliberately disguised it with the excuse of a strange and long dream so that it would not be suspected that she was not actually the real Claudia. After being satisfied with telling a piece of the story of her past, her body received a loving embrace from her most beloved husband in this world.
"No wonder you look hopeless when we face this disaster. You’ve already experienced it in the dream world. It must be very painful," said Harry softly.
"You finally understand my feelings now." Actually, Claudia wanted to tell her husband the truth. However, now is not the right situation to be honest.
"Forgive me. I should have accompanied you from the start."
Claudia shook her head while wiping her tears with a handkerchief. "I know you have to greet other guests. I won’t stop you from doing it."
"But, for now I will accompany you." Harry smiled casually as he took a bowl of porridge which was equipped with various vegetables and side dishes.
"I can eat myself, Harry. You can continue your duties outside."
"I’ve asked Thomas and Sarah to help us out for a while. Besides, I also need rest."
Claudia’s cheeks were red. Even though her heart was still fragile because she was in a state of sadness, seeing her husband’s very loving attitude, she felt a little calm again. Remembering in her previous life when she took care of her mother’s funeral, Linnon cared more about welcoming guests even though there were only a few guests. Then, Linnon just gave her some food.
Very different from the special treatment she gets now. Harry didn’t serve his wife half-heartedly. The food Harry gave was four healthy, five perfect. Then, Harry also brought strawberry milk, which was his wife’s favorite milk when she was stressed. Even though Claudia rarely drank strawberry milk since she lived in this world, how did Harry actually know?
"Even though I’m not good at comforting you now, I can only feed you. You have to eat if you don’t want your parents to worry too much about you."
"You give me four healthy five perfect foods at a time like this." Claudia chuckled.
"Because you won’t get sick even if you don’t get enough rest due to stress." Harry rubbed his wife’s still wet eyelids with his thumb. "I miss seeing you laugh."
"But, I can hardly laugh right now, Harry."
"I know, Claudia. I won’t force you to laugh because it’s impossible for you to laugh at a time like this. I just don’t want to see you hopeless to the point of being helpless."
"You know the reason I can laugh." Claudia took a bottle of strawberry milk. "Because you brought this for me. How do you know I like drinking strawberry milk whenever I’m stressed?"
"Because you like buying strawberry milk and keep a lot of it in your office refrigerator."
Claudia folded her arms. "Could it be that you often sneak into my office whenever I’m not there?"
"I didn’t mean to be a thief. But, you’re a mess whenever you’re stressed. Every time I check your room, your desk is a mess. Then, I have to tidy up your desk."
Hearing her husband act beyond her expectations, Claudia’s eyes widened and her mouth dropped open. "You really did it? Aren’t you very reluctant to tidy things up and always tell someone else to do it?"
"Sarah always follows you wherever you go. Then, I don’t want to ask the maids to tidy up your room because they can’t be trusted. So, Thomas and I tidied it up for you."
Claudia hugged her husband tightly again and showed a faint smile. "Thanks for cheering me up, Harry."
Harry scratched his head with a sheepish smile. "Even though I didn’t mean to entertain you. Even now I’m still confused about how to properly cheer you up."
"Do you know what the word entertainment actually means?"
Harry shrugged.
With a look full of love, Claudia held both of her husband’s hands. "Don’t force someone to comfort you too much and don’t think of it as a burden. What you said earlier actually succeeded in making me smile. Even though in other people’s eyes you are not good at entertaining people, in my eyes, you are the best at entertaining me."
"Isn’t Harris the one who can cheer you up?"
Claudia already suspected that her husband would be jealous seeing her cuddling with another man. She responded with a soft gasp coming out of her mouth. "I knew you would be jealous."
"I just saw that you were very comfortable being hugged by Harris."
"But that doesn’t mean you jump to ridiculous conclusions."
Harry narrowed his eyes. "You often talk about Linnon, who is he actually to dare enter your dreams?"
"He’s Harris."
"What?"
"In the dream world, I am Harris’s wife."
Harry loosened the tie around his neck because he felt his body heat up every time he heard Harris’ name. "Actually, now is not the right time for me to scold you because you might still be thinking about Harris even in the dream world."
"But, Harris in the dream world has an unfriendly personality, Harry. In fact, you are much better than him. When my mother died in the dream world, he didn’t give me this much food."
Harry pursed his lips. "Even though I really wish I was Linnon."
"No. In fact, I want you to be the mysterious young man who saves me secretly."
"In fact, I’m curious about the young man who always comes to you in the dream world. Is he really a good person or not?"
*****
On the other hand, Harris and Kyle were busy enjoying alcohol at the bar. At first Kyle didn’t want to drink with Harris, but because they accidentally crossed paths, he couldn’t possibly not say hello to Harris, who was his best friend’s brother.
"Why are you drinking alone at the bar?" Kyle asked.
"Because I still feel sad because my ex’s parents died suddenly." Harris looked down while turning the glass.
"Even though you’re just her ex, why do you still interfere in her matters?"
"Somehow I feel like her parents’ death was not an ordinary accident. I think I know who did it."