I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 5

Leticia laughed a little without realizing it, but as soon as she let go of his hand, she asked.

"Come to think of it, is your hand okay?"

"Thanks to you, I recovered quickly."

"Thank God."

"But why don't you try it yourself?"

"What?"

As she tilted his head, Enoch naturally winked toward his younger siblings.

Only then, did Leticia touch her cheek embarrassingly when she realized that he meant to play the game.

"Well, I'm unlucky."

"What?"

"But people around me are good at things like that."

It was a fascinating thing.

Oddly enough, she always failed when she played such games, but her family always won. Perhaps that's why the Marquis loved his other children more, and he always lamented that she was an unlucky one.

It was then.

"Oppa!"

"Brother!"

At the same time as the sudden cheers, Enoch's younger siblings ran over with a big smile.

"We won a bag of flour!"

The owner was preparing a bag of flour with a mixed expression when the kids screamed with excitement. Enoch's sister approached quickly as Leticia clapped her hands saying they did well.

"Oh, where are my manners? I have to say hello first. My name is El. Elle Achilles."

"And I......."

"This is my spoiled twin brother, Ian Achilles."

Ian glared at El, who intercepted his introduction. However, El, who ignored him, just stared at Leticia as if waiting for something.

Recognizing what that meant, Leticia slowly opened her mouth.

"Oh, I'm Leticia Leroy."

"I see, thanks to Miss Leroy, I got a bag of flour! I'll give you half a bag..........."

"No, it's fine."

Right away, Leticia hurriedly waved her hands and refused. Elle then pursed her lips in disappointment.

Enoch, who was quietly watching the three, said to Leticia.

"But it's true."

"What?"

"I mean, people around you are lucky."

At first, he didn't believe what she said was true, but now he believed it.

When Enoch glanced at her with a curious look, Leticia smirked as if she understood.

"See? I'm right, right?"

They had met for the first time today, but Enoch's younger siblings treated her as if they had known her for a long time. Thanks to this, Leticia didn't feel awkward about all the time she spent with the three.

"Come visit our mansion sometime. I'll make you a tart. I'll make it with the flour I got thanks to you, so make sure to come," said El. But next to her, Ian disagreed.

"You'll get sick if you eat what she makes."

"Who are you to interrupt? I'm making it!"

El was annoyed, lightly pushing Ian's arm away.

At this point, Enoch felt ashamed of his siblings who started arguing. Leticia, who quietly alternated between the three, began laughing without even realizing it.

The three naturally turned toward Leticia.

Smiling brightly, Leticia wriggled her hands with a bewildered look on her eyes.

"I'm sorry if I offended you. I'm just.........."

"...?"

"I'm jealous."

Even if they looked at each other disapprovingly, she could feel the affection.

They were so close that she felt like a part of the family.

˜What I want is something like this......'

A relationship that when they get into a fight, they would quickly make up and laugh again.

A family that can get close together.

Unknowingly, Leticia became depressed again. She lowered her head, but then she heard a slight chuckle. When she lifted her head in surprise, she met Enoch, who smiled lightly.

"You can come and play comfortably."

"..."

"If you feel burdened.........."

"Oh, no, no! Never, it's not a burden at all!"

Leticia, who answered belatedly, waved her hands.

Enoch's mouth went up smoothly when he looked at Leticia as if she had made a promise.

"Then I'll be waiting."

"Yes, thank you............."

Somehow, a corner of her heart tickled, Leticia gently lowered her eyes and held her hands tightly.

The gentle gaze she hadn't felt in a long time was unfamiliar, and somehow she felt embarrassed and ashamed.

***

The sun was setting and before she knew it, it was evening so she had no choice but to say goodbye to Enoch and his twin siblings.

The carriage ride back to the mansion was strange, she found herself smiling constantly.

˜It's been a long time since I have had this much fun.'

She wondered if it was because she was too used to being ignored for so long. Perhaps, that's why she felt touched and her heart only kept getting excited.

˜She was talking about tarts the whole time. Does she like tarts?'

Leticia thought, recalling El's words, invited her to come to eat tarts.

A picture of a well-baked tart appeared in her mind.

˜Come to think of it, I think my siblings would really enjoy it.'

The memory of baking cookies for her siblings, who loved sweet desserts as children, came to mind. At first, she didn't know how to make them and it took her a long time to finish. However, the moment she saw her siblings eating them with so much delight, she forgot all about her hardships and felt inexplicably full of joy.

˜There were times like that.'

Laughing helplessly, Leticia looked out the window.

A nostalgic time that could no longer be captured or returned.

"Miss, we've arrived."

And now it's time to face the merciless reality.

It was similar to having cold water poured over her head.

Leticia swallowed a sigh, took the horseman's hand, and slowly got out of the carriage.

A moment later, as she was about to enter the mansion, she stopped dead in her tracks.

"..."