I Had the Enemy's Baby (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 224

“It’s because I didn’t have the courage to watch you, forced to return because of the baby, suffer unhappiness by my side.”

Clodel’s eyes widened.

“You’d made it so clear you hated me. I was afraid you’d say it was only because of the child—that you had no choice.”

Even as he laid bare his raw feelings, he didn’t avoid her gaze.

On the contrary, he seemed to be begging her to understand this feeling of his.

Until now, he hadn’t clearly spoken his mind for fear of burdening her, as she had been frail and delicate due to poor health.

When Clodel tearfully apologized, Kai An simply insisted everything was fine.

She hadn’t done anything wrong, he said.

It was all his fault.

Despite remembering every word they’d exchanged like this, the events of just yesterday or the day before already felt hazy.

Because she’d long resolved to properly apologize—not blurt out words in an emotional outburst—Clodel quickly replied,

“It wasn’t because I disliked you that I left. There wasn’t even time to consider such things.”

“You faked your death, didn’t you?”

“That’s… because I thought if you didn’t want the child, the baby would be in danger regardless.”

She’d believed there was no way to escape Kai An’s pursuit except by hiding momentarily under the shadow of Death’s wings.

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