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Chapter 4-Jane
I didn't want to respond to his kiss. My mind told me not to, to walk away before he lied to me and broke my heart once again. But my heart wanted, needed to feel him beside me.
"Jane do you still love him?" Diana asked, following me out of the kitchen.
"Yes" I replied through my tears.
There was no other man for me, not even Cedric, for all of his good qualities, who I could ever be with. Edward Fairfax Rochester was my heart, my soul, a part of me that I never knew existed until the day I met him and whom I could never be parted from.
"Then you should be with him" Diane counseled.
"What about Cedric?" I asked.
"Then you must be honest with him, it would do neither of you good to deny your feelings".
"What about you, Diana, do still love Cedric?".
It was her turn to start to cry.
"I thought I had lost him forever".
"I thought you were going to marry Mr. Putnam".
"I don't love him Jane, I never did. Then I saw the way Mr. Rochester looks at you and I wish that Cedric would look at me like that"
"You still have a chance" I replied. I felt very guilty that I had nearly taken Cedric from Diana, not knowing how much she still cared for him.
"Would you help me, Jane?" she asked me.
"Yes" I replied.
Now all I had to do was tell Cedric. He arrived the next day as the girls were leaving.
"You wished to see me, my darling?" he asked. I saw the love in his eyes, I hated to break his heart, but I knew I needed to.
"Yes, Cedric, I have been thinking about your offer…".
"And you will marry me?".
"No Cedric, I cannot. I do not love you; it would be unfair to both of us if we were to marry".
"It's him, isn't it, that Rochester fellow".
"Yes, Cedric, I do love him, I would be a traitor to my own heart if I denied the fact that I didn't love him. But there is someone who does love you as I love Edward".
"Diana?". I saw the look in his eyes and I knew that he would be unhappy as I thought he would be.
"She still loves you, Cedric, she told me herself. You deserve all of the happiness in the world, and so does Diana".
"What about that man she was talking about, Putnam?".
"She feels nothing for him".
"Do you think she would marry me?" He asked, his eyes lightning up.
"There is only one way to find out" I replied.
"You are truly an angel, Jane; I only hope your Mr. Rochester knows how lucky he is, if only there was a way to repay you" he kissed my hand before walking out.
Then the idea came to me.
"There is something you can do for me, Cedric".