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Chapter 5-Together
With a skip in his step, Edward approached Moorehouse. Jane had sent him a letter the day before, asking him to come for tea. He had not felt this giddy since she had accepted his first proposal.
"Good afternoon, sir, they are waiting for you in the drawing room" Hannah took his hat and coat.
In the drawing room, he found Mary, Sinjun, and Cedric sitting next to Jane. He felt his blood start to boil, this boy still insisted on sitting where he should be sitting.
"Good afternoon" he said politely, knowing that the time would come where he would show this child who belonged next to his fairy.
"Where is Diana?" Cedric asked.
"She was resting a little while ago, I'll check on her, excuse" Mary left the room.
Mary returned a moment later explaining "she will be down in a moment".
"So, Jane, Cedric, you said you had something to tell us" Sinjun asked.
"As you all know, I have asked Jane to marry me, which after some time, she has finally accepted. Not only has she accepted my proposal, but we are getting married as soon as we can, for the child's sake".
Edward was about to jump up, demanding to know why, but Diana was heard before he could say anything.
"Jane, how could you?" Diana's voice was heard from the stairs.
"I am sorry, Diana, it just happened and you seemed to be smitten with Mr. Putnam, I had no idea you still had any feelings for him".
"Diana, please understand, Jane and I just fell in love, its what happens when two people fall in love".
"I took you into my home, a total stranger, you could have died on the moors, but we saved your life, gave you a home and an income and this is how our generosity is repaid?
You take the man I love".
"Diana, I had no idea that you felt this way, had I known…" Cedric started to plead.
"Diana, to be fair, you never truly expressed how you felt to Cedric, if he and Jane are happy together, they have every right to marry" Mary tried to intercede.
"Well, it's too late, Cedric, I hope you're happy" Diana started to walk upstairs.
Then she turned and headed straight to Jane.
"I want you out of my house and out of my life. You're no longer my family" Diana seemed to be ready to attack.
"If it means being happy, so be it" he was surprised when Jane walked up to him and kissed him quite thoroughly.
"What the deuce is going on here?" he was shocked by the explosion of laughter behind him.
"Jane told us of how you flirted with Miss Ingram; she thought it would be interesting to play a game".
"Jane, this was your idea?" Edward asked, genuinely shocked that she was the mastermind behind what he had witnessed.
"Not entirely, Diana, Mary and Cedric were also very interested in helping".
"For my part, I will say I was dragged into this situation and I am not happy" Sinjun pouted.
"Oh hush brother, have a heart" Mary scolded him.
"Do you still intend to marry him?" Edward asked, fearing he may have finally lost her for good.
"No" she kissed him, love reflecting from her eyes. This time, he returned her kiss.
He was even more surprised when Cedric walked over and shook his hand.
"I want to thank you sir, you have helped me realize what I was truly looking for" Only then did Edward see the ring on Diana's left hand.
"Your welcome" was the only response he could muster; the shock was finally wearing off, realizing that Jane was right there.
The next thing they knew, two weeks had passed. They had married the next day and were spending their honeymoon at a hotel at Brighton.
The two weeks flew by and before they knew it, they were scheduled to return to Thornfield.
"Well, my dear, all is settled, the carriage will be arriving tomorrow at ten".
"That's nice" Jane said, looking up from her book.
"Are you teasing me?" he asked.
"Never" she replied with a coy smile.
"Stand up please" Edward requested.
She was surprised when he threw her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and then soundly threw her on the bed.
"Edward, what are you doing?".
"Showing my wife how much I adore her" they might be returning to Thornfield tomorrow, but for tonight, they only had each other, which is exactly what they wanted.
The end