Chapter 22 - I missed you

At that moment, it seemed that time itself had stopped.

- "Victor?" - turning her head back, the girl was in a little trance.

Looking at her brother's face, she couldn't help but widen her eyes. He's like a different person. His presence at this moment felt completely different compared to what it was before.

"Don't you want to hug me?" Victor said, squeezing the girl's waist, which was surprisingly very pleasant to the touch.

After the guy's words, Emilia immediately rushed into his arms. Leaning on him with her whole body, hugging him tightly. Tears of joy welled up on her face along with a bright smile that spread all over her face.

- "Oh my God.. You're finally back.." the girl whispered in a sobbing voice."I was so scared.. Just think about it.. I already thought I'd never see you.."

At that moment, she felt so happy to be in his arms. Feeling his strong body on her, she finally felt comfortable for the first time in four years. That's how to feel his smell, voice, presence, all this was for her the best medicine that is incomparable with nothing.

"I'm back, Amy.. I'm home .."- said Victor stroking the soft back of the girl. Now his heart seemed to get rid of the heavy load that he had been carrying all this time until he saw the girl in his arms.

Every moment spent in the war was a horror for him that he could not describe. The only thing that still helped him keep his composure at that time was the photo of Emilia that he always carried with him.

Every day he reminded himself, when he looked at the girl in the photo, that she was now in Birmingham and waiting for him to return.

And finally he was able to return home.. The house where an important person is waiting for him..

- "Well, well.. Stop crying.. Let's go home.." - said Victor wiping tears from the cheeks of the girl who was staring at him, which made him a little tense.

- "E-this.. I live in another apartment now.. I had a fight with Aunt Elizabeth.. And so.."- Emily hesitated, because of which she could not utter a word, so she looked at him without stopping with her sparkling blue eyes.

At that moment, she thought it was a dream, so she was afraid that as soon as she turned her back to him, the next time she turned around, he would disappear again. So she just stared at him without looking away.

- 'Do I have something on my face? Victor thought, touching his face.

- "Beautiful.." - Emilia blurted out, clearly not noticing how her mouth at that moment involuntarily gave out what she was thinking at that moment.

When she noticed her brother's strange look, she immediately realized that she had said her thoughts out loud. Her cheeks turned pink and therefore, in order not to show her embarrassing side, she buried her face in Victor's chest, clearly not letting him look at her red face.

- "Really? I also think that in 4 years you have become just a beauty." - Victor said with an awkward smile, but then his voice turned icy: - "Do you have a boyfriend?"

"N-no?" said Emilia, clearly confused now.

"Are you in doubt now? So you're already dating someone.." - with a cold gleam in his eyes, Victor was still able to soften his tone: - "Well.. You're already a grown girl, so I think.. This is normal, after all, you are already 18 after all."

At that moment, Emilia was clearly angry and hit him on the chest, clearly dissatisfied with his words. She was angry at him now. This dumb brother of hers clearly didn't understand her true feelings for him, which made her a little sad.

"I said no! Don't you understand? * Sigh* - said the girl, then squeezed tightly in his arms again:"It's enough for me to have you by my side, and I don't care about anything else."

- "Good.. Good.. And now let's go home, otherwise it's getting cold. I don't want you to catch a cold when you're only wearing this dress," Victor said, taking off his coat and covering Emilia with it.

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[Victor's POV]

When we returned to the apartment, it was already evening, and it was already getting dark outside the window. Taking off my shoes, I began to inspect the apartment in which, according to Emilia, this is where she lives.

Everything was clean and tidy. The rooms were made in soft colors, which clearly showed that a woman lived here.

- "Come and sit at the table, I'll make you tea." - said the girl heading towards the kitchen.

After putting my bag on the floor, I didn't immediately go to the kitchen and instead started walking from one room to another looking around. At that moment I wanted to find out if the girl was comfortable living here while I was not with her.

Over time, when I looked around the rooms, I noticed that the things in the drawers or cabinets were clearly half full, and the other half remained empty. This phenomenon was clearly happening in all the places where the girl's things are.

After we sat down at the table, we were silent for a while. Now I can't even imagine where to start a conversation. There were so many questions, but when I opened my mouth, not a single phrase came out of my mouth.

Noticing that I was silent, Emilia got up and approached me with a cup in her hands. Then when she was already standing next to me, she abruptly sat down on my lap, still not taking her eyes off me.

"Why did you leave?" - the girl asked, clearly asking the most unpleasant question for me.

[Ding!]

[The host is forbidden to tell that he has a system and abilities.]

When I heard the voice in my head, I realized that I couldn't tell her. And who would believe that I left for the war because on the night of July 28, I received a notification about a new mission that was completely related to the war.

- "Sorry.." is the only thing I could say. I couldn't even look her in the eye at that moment, because I was afraid that the girl would reveal my secret.

I couldn't bear the fact that I couldn't tell her everything that was going on in my head right now and it was putting a lot of pressure on my brain.

- "I see.." - said the girl and abruptly got up to leave, but at that moment I abruptly grabbed her hand stopping her.

- "I'm sorry.. I really couldn't tell you anything.. But believe me, if I could, I would never have left!" I said with sincerity in my eyes.

"But you left! You left without saying a word to me!" shouted Emilia, clearly dissatisfied with my answer

- "You left me!"

- "Left one!"

- "Do you have any idea what I had to go through?!" - shouted Emilia and threw her cup to the side, breaking into pieces.

After the girl spoke out, she realized that she had lost control of her emotions again. At that moment, she was very sad that Victor was not saying anything again. It hurt her terribly that he was hiding something from her again.

- "I'm sorry.. I just.." - the girl wanted to say, but at that moment I came up and hugged her again. Feeling her soft body on me, I realized that the girl was trembling. Maybe I really did the wrong thing, that I didn't even say anything when I left.

"Come on, I'll take you to the bedroom and you'll rest," I said, taking the girl to the bedroom.

When we were already in the girl's room, I sat her down on the bed and decided to leave to give her a place to change and go to bed.

But at that moment, when my foot had already entered the door, a soft voice was heard behind me, which made me freeze: - "Don't leave.. Stay with me.."