Volume 4

252 Returning a Real Love to You

Freedom…?

Freedom… That seemed to have been something that has eluded me for a long time.

Taking my hand in his, he said, “I owe you a love, and I’d like to make it up to you now. Even if it’s an illusion, I hope you can believe it just this once, and let me lead you in this.”

I smiled. “Okay.”

He pulled me with him like an excited child as we ran along the rocks on the shore.

My red dress and his black coat overlapped with each other at times when they billowed in the wind. It felt colorful, as it they weren’t just black and red. It felt like they were a rainbow of color, the color of love.

I know I shouldn’t be too immersed in this, but I could not help myself. I might have suppressed my feelings for too long, or it might be because I had been unhappy in my previous relationship, but I now felt that...