Almond Windsor tried hard not to cry, not because he was embarrassed but he was afraid that it might affect Yuze's emotions, especially because he didn't know what she had been through.
He closed his eyes to stop the tears forming slowly, before taking a deep breath and released her from his embrace.
Scanning her all over, making sure she's all right, it is enough to make him breathe in relief. Of course Almond Windsor couldn't open Yuze's clothes to see whether she had any wounds.
Watching Yuze blinking to him innocently, Almond gave her a light kiss on her forehead, as he rubbed the back of her head.
Yuze silently complained. 'Oh I want a kiss on my lips! Just give me a little taste, okay?'
Almond Windsor took her again in his arms, carrying her as he sat on the sofa placing Yuze on his lap before turning his head to look at the police station chief and female police officer.
"Thank you" he said with a low but hoarse voice. Then he asked the specifics and the young female student.
"She just saw her in the street and found that the little girl seemed lost, so she took the child here." Female police officer William answered and told everything they knew.
After hearing everything, Almond Windsor asked for the female student to meet him. So, they met the nervous Ashley Reynolds, thanking her for her deed.
"There's no problem. I'm just trying to help." Ashley Reynolds responded, waving her hand in a respectable manner. "I'm happy that she is found."
Of course she didn't ask what the situation was. Ashley Reynolds is aware that this is something she should not ask.
'Ashley Reynolds? Hey, she's my future cousin-in-law!' Yuze finally remembered that she is one of the important characters in her book.
The young lady who helped her was no other than the future wife of her cousin Alexander Lawson. It would be in the later part of the story though.
After letting Ashley Reynolds leave, Almond Windsor said his thanks and goodbye to the police chief and other police members.
He took Yuze with him, escorted by several military trucks, traveling towards the south military compound where the Windsor's family resides.
It was a very safe place where all the members of the military and their families lived.
'I just don't understand why I needed to be escorted by these soldiers like I'm a country treasure.' Yuze said in her mind, wondering what the situation was.
Although she's an author, her current circumstances were the effect of her appearance. Thus, Yuze has no idea of what will happen next.
This is the downside of not following the original plot of what's written in the story.
Unlike the written story she made, in which it would let her know what will happen next, Yuze wouldn't know what would occur in the future due to the actions and changes that she had created.
Through their way to the south military compound, Yuze has been waiting for Almond Windsor to ask her what happened.
Regrettably, he remained silent, just tightly embracing her while she sat on his lap. Sometimes Almond Windsor would give her a kiss on the head.
He was silently observing her while he kept on rubbing her back, or her head like soothing a pet that had been deeply frightened.
As for Yuze? She didn't talk at all like a dumb child knowing nothing. She would wait for him to speak first to know what she should answer.
There was a strange silence between them, even the other soldier in the driver's and passenger's seat didn't make a sound.
As soon as they arrived and stepped in at the Windsor's house, Yuze was immediately taken away from Almond Windsor's arms.
Yuze was frozen in surprise. She was taken into a soft arm and chest while being tightly embraced.
"My poor little baby." A middle aged woman's voice that sounded hoarse due to crying was heard.
"Ellena, calm down. You could have frightened her." A middle aged man's voice rang all over the place as he watched Yuze's frozen face.
'Ellena Smith? She is my fiancée's mother!' Yuze recognizes this character. 'Oh mother-in-law did you miss me?!'
System: "..." Shameless!
"Harry, your voice is too loud. You're the one who could have frightened her!" Mrs. Windsor snorted, but she didn't let go of Yuze in her arms as she walked towards the living room.
It was when they sat on the sofa that Yuze realized there were other people waiting for them.
It was the whole Windsor family, aside from her fiancée who were currently in the military academy.
'They didn't inform my cousin's family? Or maybe they will arrive later since I just appeared out of nowhere.' Yuze concluded in her mind.
"They have informed the Lawson family, but it seems they have no way to contact Robert Hall." The system responded in a timely manner.
After everyone seated in the living room, they watched Yuze staring at the glass of hot milk they gave her.
She was wrinkling her brows, looking cute but making them feel more hurt and pained while thinking that she might have not drank milk for the past two years to see such a rejection.
Actually, they almost guessed. Of course the original Yuze didn't have a chance to drink milk in the lab, but the current Yuze hated hot milk since she was a child.
That's why they could see her reacting negatively towards the glass of hot milk. Yuze could drink cold milk but not the one that was heated.
She hates the smell of milk when it's hot. Yuze shook her head in response while she pushed the glass away from her.
Finally, grandpa Windsor looked at Yuze's innocent face and asked with a low but tender voice. "Baby, why are you alone?"
'Here it comes!' Yuze exclaimed in her mind. Getting herself ready for an act as an innocent child, blinking her eyes like she didn't understand what was asked.