52 Loriel's First Love

"What happens now?" Loriel asked in confusion.

Elise didn't say anything. She just buried her head in his chest and cried silently. Loriel was astonished and for a moment didn't know what to do.

How to coax a crying woman? He was not good at this type of thing. The woman he loved almost never cried.

Emmelyn only cried once before him and it was then Loriel realized things had become too hard for her… so he offered to step in and help her.

But Emmelyn's situation back then was really, really dire, so Loriel understood why she broke down and cried. 

However, this woman he married cried so many times for trivial reasons. So, Loriel didn't know when her tears were shed because things had become so hard for her, or if it was just her pregnancy hormones.

After his shirt was damp with her tears, he slowly wrapped his arms around her back and hugged her. He didn't know what to do with a crying wife, but he thought she would like him to hold her.