She didn’t say anything in response to my words. So, I continued speaking.
“Well, I appreciate that you voluntarily left next to Lianne. Thanks to that, I could love Lianne.”
“Do you think that love is genuine?”
“Do you think it’s fake, then?”
“That… Well…”
“It could be fake. But not now. If you find it hard to believe, you don’t have to. Instead, watch. Watch the man who went through so much for you be happy in another woman’s arms. Feel that. Witness the change in the man’s heart who thought he would always love only you, no matter what you did.”
She bit her lips tightly.
“Don’t make me laugh. Lianne even took poison for my sake.”
“That’s right. That became the worst thing for him.”
“Do you know?”
“Isn’t it obvious? Thanks to that, Lianne fell into misogyny. After that, why didn’t he look for you? Even knowing who gave birth to Rodello, why didn’t he look for you? Just by looking at that, you can understand, right?”
She might have come here with her own ambitions. Perhaps she thought she wouldn’t be like her brother, who kept meddling with me, looking at him.
But it wasn’t at all the case.
“Or are you thinking about everything but denying it? Does Duke Evan keep telling you that Lianne still loves you, with those false words, and are you still thinking that way?”
She seemed to know why she hadn’t appeared in the novel.
Why she had to order her son to kill Lianne.
Her love for Beatrice had already cooled. Whether I appeared or not. Lianne no longer treated her with the same feelings.
That’s why she didn’t appear. No, she couldn’t. Until the day Lianne died. Even at the moment when Rodello became emperor.
“It’s so boring. You and your son are too foolish.”
In the novel, they were such clever people. People who cornered Rodello and made him do what they wanted. But in reality, they were unbelievably foolish.
‘If I weren’t a person from outside the novel. If I had lived just like the people in this world…’
Having grown up as the daughter of a mere viscount in a strictly hierarchical society.
If I knew how high and mighty the emperor and the duke were, what it meant to resist their words, and what etiquette was, I wouldn’t have been able to do this.
Perhaps the reason why Duke Evan and Beatrice couldn’t exert their power on me was all because of this.
If I were the original Isabella, I wouldn’t have done things that I did. That’s why they must have been quite perplexed. Instead of being afraid of them, I argued with them on every little thing, contradicting their words.
Who could do this in front of the Duke or the Lady? If I were really someone from this world, I wouldn’t have been able to do such things. Unfortunately, I was lacking even the basic fear.
“Are you ignoring us right now?”
“Fortunately, you seem to know that much.”
“Are you really crazy?”
“As crazy as you are. Why are you so audacious in making fun of me in front of an emperor?”
“…What?”
“I thought you were arrogant from the first gift you sent. But seeing you in person, it’s even worse.”
I clicked my tongue.
“Make sure you know. You’re just a duke’s lady, and I am the empress. Whether I’m here or not, Beatrice, the lady, will never become the empress. So, realize your situation well.”
“…You don’t know. Love doesn’t change so easily. And… I don’t only have Lianne. Unlike others, I gave birth to the young master.”
“Ah, you’re talking about Rodello, aren’t you? It’s better not to think about entering the palace, relying on Rodello.”
“Why, does Rodello follow you well? Don’t be ridiculous. That child is my child.”
It’s amusing. To mention Rodello because there’s nothing else to talk about.
“That’s right. He’s your child. But you shouldn’t expect everything to go your way. Not like this. Did you come here because you don’t know where the orphanage director is?”
“What are you talking about? I’m just…”
“Or did you come here because you want to be ignored by me? Whether I should say I’m glad to see you or not. It’s quite a puzzle.”
The lady in front of me, who couldn’t even realize that she was the empress, tried hard to change her expression as she looked at me, but it didn’t seem to work well. Beatrice. She had lived her life as she pleased.
Raised as the only daughter of the late Duke, she was Lianne’s cousin and Lianne’s first love.
She could have everything she wanted, and everything she desired was in her hands.
Except for the late Empress, she was the highest-ranking lady in the empire, so it was only natural, and she must have thought it would be the same this time.
During this time, she must have heard about me, the country, from my brother, so she would have thought she could belittle me, as always, thinking of me as someone who could be easily looked down upon.
As always. Because she was noble.
But unfortunately, that didn’t happen.
“Anyway, Beatrice. Nothing will go your way. Not the orphanage director, nor Rodello.”
“We’ll see.”
“In terms of being a duke and such, you are so alike.”
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
