‘Hmm. I don’t think I made any mistakes.’
She couldn’t figure out why his expression seemed different. Whitney shook her head and got up from the bed. She sat at her desk, stretching before diving into sorting through her documents.
“It looks like I won’t be able to sleep early tonight.”
Whitney tied up her hair and devoted herself to organizing the paperwork. It seemed to be getting into order. With just the reports she had received, she had filled two notebooks. If she dug deeper, the evidence of corruption would only increase.
If she found solid evidence that Cecilia was Louise Ann, she could completely oust them from the Orleans estate. They needed to be caught red-handed, to the extent that they couldn’t even rightfully claim their rights.
Cheston returned to the annex. Aaron, as if he had been waiting, approached cautiously. Cheston entered the office without removing his cloak.
With few people residing in the annex, there were many empty rooms. Cheston had been moving rooms periodically due to assassins, but recently, he almost lived in his office.
Aaron asked tentatively, holding back his curiosity.
“What happened with the contract?”
“She seemed to hope for its termination. Didn’t you say she didn’t seem like a liar? To think human hearts can be so fickle.”
Aaron scratched his head, saying. If things went south, he was the person who would kill the lady for Cheston. If there was anyone who would risk their life for Cheston, it was Aaron.
If the termination of the contract was confirmed, Aaron would have immediately gone to eliminate Whitney. It would remove a potential weakness for Cheston.
“Well… In truth, I just weigh what’s beneficial for you. But I will follow whatever decision you make. It’s good that things were resolved smoothly. Otherwise, I would have had to take care of it.”
See.
He was really waiting to kill her for him. Cheston sat down after taking off his cloak.
“Sometimes you are truly terrifying.”
“You know too much about your lord. It’s necessary to eliminate any dangerous elements early. If you start to trust someone, you must be prepared for the consequences.”
“You’re right. It’s probably to prevent any unforeseeable situations that might happen to me. She informed me that the queen is planning something else.”
“Then she must know what the queen is up to. Maybe she’s a pawn sent to confuse you.”
Aaron was agitated, ready to spring into action at a moment’s notice. He hadn’t seen Whitney’s straightforward gaze, hence his assumptions.
Her eyes, asserting her intention to use him, held no wavering. Yet, her tone, while declaring her intent to protect him, was concise. Whitney was certain about her words and actions.
“If confusion was the goal, then it’s been successful.”
“What do you mean?”
Cheston shrugged his shoulders lightly, then relayed Whitney’s words to Aaron.
“She plans to use me to reintroduce the Rubenes family back into the capital.”
“And what else?”
“To successfully inherit the headship of her family.”
“Is that all she said?”
“That’s what the lady said. That’s all.”
But Cheston didn’t believe it. There had to be a reason why it had to be him for Whitney Orleans. It didn’t seem like an action born out of affection, as Aaron suggested. It looked more like a deeper emotion.
Not sadness, nor pity.
It was something more complex than those simple feelings. Occasionally, when Cheston remembered the way Whitney looked at him, he saw an overlay of someone else.
‘Mother.’
His mother, Elenia Bert, who had given birth to him. Her gaze, despite a lifetime of love, was always filled with sorrow.
It was like…
“…guilt.”
Yes, in her eyes looking at him, there was a lingering sense of guilt.
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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