The New Duchess
Chapters 153. Reckon
" weren't we just getting married?" ask Axton who is still confused. He has partial amnesia.
" actually we just celebrated the first year of marriage" replied Ai, the woman again worried about Axton's state. But he understood enough, Axton had just regained consciousness from a coma. This is bound to happen.The woman tries to encourage her heart.
tap tap tap, the sound of footsteps approaching the room.
tok tok tok tok
" Ai, we called Leyna's doctor to check on Duke's condition" Dalbert said in a slightly open doorway.
" ah yes, just tell her to come in" Ai almost forgot about it. He was too happy to forget to call the medics to check on Axton's condition.
Dalbert nodded slowly with a smile, and closed the door. He'll tell Leyna to get into the room immediately.
" Leyna's here? good" said Axton who also heard Dalbert's words just now. He knows who Leyna is. Axton certainly did not refuse.
As in his memory, Axton seemed to keep distance from Ai just as they did when they got married.
Ai didn't ask much, she would wait patiently until Axton's memory recovered.
tok tok
" excuse me" said Leyna, then walked in.
Ai stood up giving space for Leyna to check carefully.
" Duke, you finally realized, we are very happy to hear this good news" Leyna said as she pulled out the examination tool. He could hardly believe it when the Wellington maid came to his residence and asked him to check on the recently sober Duke.
Ai looked closely as Leyna checked her husband's physical condition.
" does Duke feel any pain in any particular part of the body?" ask Leyna.
" try moving your arms and legs" Axton did all Leyna ever did well. And you can see there were no major injuries that happened to Axton's body. Ai breathed a little.
" is anyone sick?"
" no"
" does Duke remember what happened last time?"
" i think I just got married to Aisnley, then fell asleep "Axton replied according to his memory.
Leyna looked at Ai with a sad face. While Ai nodded slowly hinting if she was okay and already knew about this.
" well, it looks like you have a mild memory disorder we will wait for the next development.then for your body, maybe starting tomorrow you can start training the body muscles while waiting for your memory to return" obviously Leyna couldn't help much. There was no cure to recover his memories, it all depended on fate and time.
" thank you doctor, let me drop off" said Ai. He just reasoned to get out of the room.
the two women left the room.
" uncle please take care of Axton for a moment" said Ai slowly.
" well" replied Allard.
Then Ai and Leyna walked towards the terrace of the common residence.
The woman was silent with a blank look. Either there is a sense of relief mixed with fear and worry in Ai. Axton can realize it's very happy. But the loss of her memory made Ai sad. The woman was confused how. when she thought she could share the burden of pain after losing a child with Axton, even now she had to wait for time and understand the situation again.
The woman is not ungrateful, but her psychological state is still not strong in the face of endless bad circumstances coming.
Even as Leyna was saying goodbye while riding on the horse carriage, Ai only stared for a moment and went back out of focus. After the car left, Ai did not return. He chose to walk towards the side garden. Ai walked the path in the park, looking for fresh air to make it back rigid. He also did not want to be like this, disappointed that his expectations did not match reality.