I Had the Enemy's Baby (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 154

“That woman… she really meant to die.”

It was Kai An himself who had trapped Clodel in a corner, leaving her with no way out.

He had finally secured a gentle, devoted woman completely within his grasp. There was no reason for him to let her go.

His marriage to her had been something he endured solely for Valkyter’s sake.

If anyone else had been king of Oberon, would Duke Temnes—a mortal enemy of House Vermonde—ever have set foot inside a wedding hall with them?

The people long rooted in the land of Rowen had cried out in unison, raising an uproar.

They declared it a humiliation, an insult; better to declare independence from the Oberon Kingdom than accept such a disgraceful marriage.

They insisted it would be preferable to begin the war already prepared against Vermonde than feign a hollow, glittering reconciliation with their sworn enemy.

Kai An had obeyed the royal decree only for Valkyter’s sake.

The throne was inherently a difficult position to hold.

Kai An understood that even though he and Valkyter were as close as brothers, sharing blood through their maternal cousins, once crowned king, Valkyter could no longer favor Temnes impartially.

When Kai An had rushed to the royal palace, what he truly hoped to hear was whether there was another reason behind the king’s insistence on holding the wedding at a time when preparations for the territorial war were nearly complete—or perhaps even a personal request.

Yet Valkyter had effectively dismissed him, telling him plainly not to climb higher but simply to obey the decree.

Kai An had believed that at the end of these tangled, ill-fated ties, a genuine bond would finally become his.

“Clodel couldn’t possibly have wanted to die.”

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