Lady Veilney, standing beside him, quickly supported him.
“You have tarnished the family name. Go and kneel before His Highness Chase immediately, declaring this all to be a misunderstanding.”
Even in this situation, Veilney’s eagerness to continue the engagement with Chase was repulsive.
“I have already informed His Highness Chase that the engagement will be considered null and void. The fault is mine, so I will ensure he suffers no harm…”
Elise couldn’t finish her sentence.
With a crack, her head snapped to the side from a slap by Fraser.
Elise clutched her stinging cheek and glared at Fraser.
His excited ranting was unintelligible to her.
‘He hit me with all his might.’
Her muffled hearing gradually returned.
“…You’ve made a mockery of the Earl of Worton. Go to His Highness immediately and kneel. I will make it as if it never happened.”
“How can something that happened be undone? That would be deceiving His Highness Chase. Isn’t that a greater sin?”
Fraser, dumbfounded by Elise’s defiant responses, gasped for breath.
Elise had changed completely in a few days.
The child who used to flinch and bow her head at his slightest shout was now standing up to him without avoiding his gaze.
“In your eyes, I am a joke. Let everyone leave.”
Flames seemed to leap from Fraser’s eyes.
His intention to be left alone with Elise suggested he planned to unleash his anger without restraint.
“Dad, don’t be too harsh. She’s just immature.”
Iris saw her chance and intervened.
Pretending to be concerned and caring for Elise, she began her act of the good sister.
“I’ll try to talk to her.”
“Iris, my good daughter. Remember, animals are not tamed with words. They are taught through discipline.”
“Dad, Elise is a person.”
“My dear, pretty daughter. You only see her that way because your eyes are treasures. You try to see only the pretty side… Go on up for now. Try to talk to her as you said.”
The conversation between Fraser and Iris was revolting.
Pretending to be a good father, a caring daughter.
Veilney escorted Iris to her room, and the servants disappeared. Only Elise and Fraser remained in the spacious hall.
“You’ve grown arrogant because things with His Highness Chase went a bit well.”
Fraser stepped closer. Elise braced her feet, refusing to step back.
‘I’ve done nothing wrong. No need to retreat.’
She didn’t want to show weakness to him.
Fraser raised his hand again.
With a smack, Elise felt a tearing pain and collapsed.
“When I speak nicely, do as I say. Tell His Highness Chase you were scared and wrote him a false letter.”
“No. I will not do that.”
Fraser wouldn’t kill her.
Nor could he hit her anymore, because there was an upcoming banquet at the palace.
For Fraser’s plans of getting along with Chase to work, Elise needed to attend that banquet.
So the slap he had just given was the most he could do.
Elise had calculated this when she instigated the incident.
She glared at Fraser from her collapsed position.
Fraser, puffing in disbelief, sat down in front of her and grabbed her hair.
Elise’s head was jerked backward.
“Listen, Elise. Without marrying His Highness Chase, you have no value. Do you think we’ll keep someone without value in our house? You’ll be thrown out of the Earl’s house, disgraced. Shall I tell you how your life will be after that? How your mother died?”
Elise bit the inside of her mouth hard. Tears quickly filled her eyes.
Seeing Elise’s tears, Fraser’s mood improved significantly.
That’s what you get for being insolent. It always takes a few slaps to set things straight.
Fraser released Elise’s head roughly, causing her to stagger and fall.
Fraser shook his hands and clicked his tongue.
“Stay locked up in your room. Don’t even think about wandering around for a while. Everyone got that? Keep a close watch!”
There was a bustle of footsteps.
Elise’s shoulder heaved as she lay on the ground.
“Stop crying here and get back to your room. You’re a nuisance.”
Despite Fraser’s words, Elise couldn’t immediately get up. If she did now, she might be caught laughing.
Elise had to bite her lower lip hard until she reached her room, so hard that it bled.
Once inside her room with the door shut tightly, she finally released her bitten lip.
Pfft.
Laughter escaped her lips.
Elise was simply overjoyed that Fraser had reacted exactly as she had anticipated.
This also thwarted Iris’s plans.
‘She must have planned to meet His Highness David at the hunting ground, but now she can’t.’
Even if Chase was the king’s out-of-favor son, David participating in leisure activities in the midst of a scandal involving his brother wouldn’t look good to the public.
‘His Majesty will have to intervene. How will he resolve this situation?’
Elise fervently hoped the king would be enraged.
“Cut out the article from the paper and keep it,” said Karan, handing over the Alleycat Times to Hartvin, who tilted his head.
“It’s not exactly good content.”
“It’s a glorious matter. My relationship with Elise is now officially acknowledged.”
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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