Devoted To You || Gilbert Blythe

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"Ada?" Alexander's voice breaks the silence. "Are you ready?"

I nod and begin to read Gilbert's letter as we make our way back to my apartment.

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𝑀𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒜𝒹𝒶 𝐹𝒶𝓎𝑒,

𝒮𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝒶 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝒾𝓃, 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝓂𝑒. 𝐼 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝑒𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝑒. 𝒮𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝓌𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝓉, 𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓁𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓊𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝒶𝒸𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓁𝑒𝒹𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓅𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈.

𝐵𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈, 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝒾𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒹'𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅, 𝑒𝓃𝑔𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉, 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒶𝒸𝒽𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉, 𝑒𝓉𝒸 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓃𝑜 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒. 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓏𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎, 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓅𝒽𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝐼 𝒽𝓊𝓇𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝐼'𝓂 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝑒.

𝒲𝒾𝓃𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝒶𝒻𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝓂𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓇𝑒𝓈, 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊.

𝑀𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒷𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁.

𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈,

𝒢𝒾𝓁𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓉 𝐵𝓁𝓎𝓉𝒽𝑒.
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My heart skips a beat as I read his words, the truth of his feelings laid bare on the page.

"Ada," Alex murmurs as I pause in the street, barely able to comprehend what I'm reading. "Are you alright?"

"I think... I think I may have just found the answer I've been searching for." I say breathlessly. "I need to get back home right away!" I take off running, ignoring Alexander's calls.

As I rush through the streets of Paris, uncertainty gnaws at me. What am I going to do? How will I face him after my foolishness and stubbornness drove us apart? Regret fills me as I realize I had been blind to his feelings, too consumed by my own doubts and fears.

For once, Alex's words ring true. I've been running from my problems, refusing to confront the truth that has been staring me in the face all along. But now, armed with Gilbert's heartfelt confession, I know what I must do.