All Chapters of My Vampire Husband Thought I Was Jealous, but I Was Dying: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Adrian's POVIt was already night by the time the trail turned up.She'd bought a ticket to the sea.When I saw the name of that little seaside town, I went completely still.I remembered it.When we were newly married, she'd mentioned it.She'd set the travel brochure in front of me then, her eyes bright.Yet she was afraid I'd refuse too, so her manner stayed careful, almost timid.She said there was a sea there, and a gallery she loved.She said if the sun was too strong in the daytime, we could go on an overcast day.I turned only two pages before setting the brochure back on the table.“There's no need.”“A honeymoon is only a formality.”She faltered, smiled awkwardly, and still couldn't hide the disappointment in her eyes.I'd been reading documents on the affairs of the Prince's territory at the time.I said nothing more.In the end our honeymoon became a tour of the territory.She accompanied me to meet those nobles and elders, attended one banquet after another.Outsiders all

Adrian's POVElena died the day I reached the sea.The owner said she'd only fallen asleep.She sat in the chair, facing the sea, the unfinished sketchbook still on her knees.The lines on the paper were faint, not yet formed.They were like the last stretch of her life, light enough to scatter at a breath.It was only when I lifted her that I found she'd already gone utterly cold.After a human dies, the warmth fades little by little.Yet I stubbornly held her tight all the same, wanting to feel that warmth from before.I said to her:“It's all right. I've come.”“Wake up.”“Elena…”I heard my own weeping without even knowing it.“I was wrong. Elena, won't you forgive me? I'm begging you, don't frighten me like this.”“I love you. I loved you long ago.”She didn't answer me.The waves came rolling in, one after another.At last I understood that she probably no longer wanted to hear me say it.It's all right.How absurd.Every bad thing in her life had begun with those words of mine.