Chapter 350 My One and Only
“Will you marry me?”
In her previous life, she had gone deaf, lost a kidney, and walked with a limp. Even so, Felix had never once looked at her with anything but kindness. His grandmother had never treated her differently either- she’d even tried to matchmake the two of them.
Lauren had felt it. That quiet, unspoken affection Felix held for her, buried deep under his reserved
exterior.
But now, everything was different. She had a second chance. She was healthy. Whole. And this time, she wasn’t afraid. She could follow her heart without fear.
Even if this was just a game.
Felix was absolutely frozen. He hadn’t expected Lauren to do something like this. His pale cheeks flushed a brilliant red. Even the tips of his ears burned bright.
He stared at her, completely stunned. His lips parted like he wanted to say something, but no words came ·
out.
Victor watched from the side, feeling like his heart had just been smashed into tiny, jagged pieces.
Lauren looked up at Felix from her kneeling position, face tilted to catch the sun, her eyes full of sparkling hope. That look–it was like a beam of sunlight had pierced straight into his chest and made itself at home.
Time seemed to stop.
Flynn and Jim, who had been arguing just moments ago about playing house, stood rooted to the spot, mouths open in disbelief.
Felix slowly came back to himself. He looked into Lauren’s eyes–pure, honest, full of emotion–and something inside him shifted.
“I… I do,” he whispered.
Lauren’s entire face lit up.
The smile she gave him in that moment was brighter than anything he’d ever seen. It wasn’t just happy. It was freeing. It was the kind of joy that came after lifetimes of pain. A smile that outshone the sun itself.
She extended her soft, chubby little hand toward him.
Felix, still blushing furiously, reached out and took her hand. He pulled her up to her feet.
At five years old, Lauren only came up to his chest.
She tilted her head back to look at him. From this angle, her Felix looked just as perfect as he did in her memories–handsome, sharp–featured, and just beginning to grow into the man he’d one day become. “Felix,” she said sweetly, “from this day forward, I’m your fiancée.”
Her voice was soft and gentle, sugary sweet like cotton candy in springtime. The kind of voice that
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Felix’s face turned even redder, if
Ever since his mother passed aw, Was possible. He felt like he might combust on the spot.
this… warm.
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had ever hell him like that. No one had ever made him feel
His own father said he was cold. Said he was twisted. A freak.
But this girl–this tiny, fragile girl–she was…
afraid of him. She liked him. Wanted to marry him.
And for some reason, he didn’t hate the idea. Not at all. In fact, when she’d said the words, something inside him had… responded.
Maybe… maybe if he had her, he wouldn’t be alone anymore?
Still dazed, Felix reached for the chain around his neck.
There was a tiny silver ring threaded onto a red string. It gleamed under the sun as he gently took it off.
His fingers hesitated over it. He touched the ring like it was the most precious thing in the world.
And then, without a word, he carefully placed it around Lauren’s neck. The silver ring slid down to rest against her chest.
Lauren’s eyes went wide.
That ring. She knew that ring.
In her past life, Felix had worn it on his pinky–an unassuming tail ring that never left his hand.
Later, he had placed it on her finger.
His grandmother once told her that the ring had belonged to Felix’s mother. That it was one of the few things he had left of her. He’d kept it with him always. Never let anyone touch it.
When he gave it to her in that life, it meant something. He’d chosen her. Declared her the only one he’d ever love.
Now, here it was again. But this time… it had come eighteen years earlier.
Emotion flooded her chest. A wave of warmth, gratitude, and something else–something so big and deep- it made her want to cry all over again.
She gently touched the ring, her fingers trembling slightly. “You’re giving this to me?”
Felix nodded solemnly. “I’ve always kept it close,” he said. “But now, it’s yours.”
His voice was soft, but firm. “When I grow up, I’ll put it on your finger myself.”
As soon as he finished saying it, his entire face turned crimson. He looked like he might explode from einbarrassment.
Victor, watching from the side, was
in full own mode.
His little sister–his sweet, precious baby sister giving her heart away in front of his eyes. To Felix of
all people
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This couldn’t be happening. He had so many questions. So many emotions.
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Wasn’t Flynn supposed to be the threat? Or Jim? They’re both smooth talkers, popular guys. Felix was the quiet one. He
never said a word!
And yet–here he was. Holding the ring that now hung from Lauren’s neck.
And Lauren… was looking at him like he hung the moon.
Victor’s hands curled into fists at his sides.
This wasn’t over. Not by a long shot.
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