Volume 1 Chapter 52

Volume 1 + Chapter 52: Don’t Be Afraid, Mama Is Here

“You’re just an unwanted wild child that nobody loves!”

“Someone who had dealings with a witch doesn’t deserve to be at the Church Academy…”

“Look at her acting so pure and noble, really thinking she’s some white lotus? You should just die…”

“Get out of our sight!”

“Ah!”

Leah suddenly woke up from her nightmare, she had lost count of how many times she had this dream.

Every time she woke up, her entire body would be drenched in sweat, as if she had just been pulled out of water.

There wasn’t a single ray of light in the pitch-black room, the surrounding darkness nearly matched Leah’s current state of mind.

Fear surrounded her like a tide, she felt her eyes sting as a feeling of grievance made her unable to hold back her tears.

Just as she was hugging her knees, about to cry quietly for a while like countless nights before when she was awakened by nightmares.

A warm hand pulled her into an incredibly comforting embrace.

That soft and gentle embrace carrying a hint of fragrance made Leah momentarily lose herself.

“Mama…”

Leah called out timidly, and was rewarded with Eve’s gentle kiss on her forehead.

“Did you have a nightmare? It’s okay, I’m here, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, sleep peacefully.”

Eve’s voice also carried a somewhat drowsy tone, showing that she too had just woken up from sleep.

Leah felt somewhat moved inside, it seemed as if Eve had known she would be scared at night, so she specifically brought her to sleep in her room.

Leah dared not imagine how desperate and scared she would have been if she had woken up from a nightmare and found nobody around.

But now feeling Eve’s warm embrace with its hint of fragrance, Leah felt that those nightmares haunting her… didn’t seem like such a big deal anymore.

“…”

Leah raised her small face from Eve’s embrace, looking up at Eve in the dim light of the room.

From any angle, Eve’s face was nearly perfect.

At this moment, Eve was humming a gentle lullaby while softly patting Leah’s back.

Treating Leah completely like a baby as she comforted her.

Although it was somewhat embarrassing, Leah truly enjoyed this feeling.

At this moment, she felt she was the happiest child.

After all, who could resist the soft, fragrant embrace of a gentle big sister?

Thinking of this, Leah couldn’t help but smile, she buried her face back into Eve’s chest, unconsciously taking a deep breath.

“I really… love Mama Eve the most.”

For the rest of the night, the young girl never had another nightmare, perhaps with Eve by her side, she would never have nightmares again for the rest of her life.

However… while the nightmares were gone, with Eve by her side, the frequency of dreaming about Eve increased instead.

Even in her dreams, the distance between Leah and Eve was gradually getting closer, until…

Sunlight shone through the window into the bedroom, Leah hurriedly sat up in bed, her delicate face carrying a hint of shyness.

She instinctively looked around, by now Eve had already gotten up, the blanket she had covered still carried some remaining warmth and fragrance.

Busy sounds that made Leah feel at ease came from the kitchen, hearing those sounds, Leah couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

“Thank goodness…”

Leah hurriedly jumped out of bed, she slightly pressed her legs together as she ran towards the bathroom.

Closing the bathroom door, Leah finally let out a slow breath, she carefully took off her white panties, holding them in her palm while looking at them with a complicated expression for a long time.

The obvious wet marks on them left her puzzled, she herself didn’t know why she would have such a reaction.

Could it be because… she dreamed about Eve?

Thinking of this, Leah’s small body unconsciously trembled, she hurriedly hid the panties in her hand at the very bottom of the laundry basket.

She washed her face with cold water several times before finally managing to calm herself down.

“Ugh, why… why did I have that kind of dream?”

Leah looked at herself in the mirror, her small and delicate face like a doll’s had now turned as red as a ripe apple, looking as if someone would want to take a bite.

Those beautiful big eyes blinked repeatedly, seeming to find the reflection in the mirror very unfamiliar.

“I, what am I thinking? Eve is mama, I can’t have those kinds of thoughts about her, I can’t!”

Leah kept emphasizing softly, but the young girl’s undisguisable shyness had already revealed everything.

“Leah, breakfast is ready. Come out quickly after you finish washing up.”

“Oh, okay!”

Leah hurriedly agreed, quickly finished washing up, slipped back to her room to change into new underwear, before finally slowly walking out of the bedroom.

“Why is your face so red? Didn’t you sleep well last night?”

“Mm… I slept well.”

Leah shook her head, or rather this was the best sleep she had had in a long time.

Her red face was due to other reasons.

“Come eat breakfast first.”

Eve looked at the somewhat unnatural Leah but didn’t think much of it, turning around to continue busying herself.

Leah pressed her lips together as she sat at the dining table, looking at the exquisite breakfast, somehow she couldn’t work up any appetite.

At this moment, her eyes were filled with Eve’s graceful busy figure and last night’s perfectly warm embrace.

“Feel like I’m becoming a bad child who can’t sleep without Mama Eve’s hugs.”

Leah patted her slightly warm cheeks, while she was talking to herself, her peripheral vision happened to catch a corner of the living room.

Instantly her gaze was drawn to it.

She saw a small clothes rack with an extremely stunning dress on it. The morning sunlight fell perfectly on the formal dress, the huge visual impact left Leah frozen in place.

“What a, what a beautiful dress.”