And surprisingly, that emotion was very familiar to Cedelois. It was sadness and loneliness.
Meiana suddenly pressed her warm eyelids with her fingertips, tilting her head slightly. The residue of the emotions she thought had all subsided after seeing Ariante a while ago seemed to remain, judging by her appearance.
‘What on earth am I doing?’
She rubbed the reddened tip of her nose, completely turning away from Cedelois and blinked her eyes. Then it happened.
“What happened?”
The voice coming from behind sounded absurdly affectionate. It was a voice full of worry and concern. Suddenly, she wondered if there had been someone who spoke to her like this since she came here.
Meiana took a slow and deep breath. As the trembling subsided, the emotions seemed to settle calmly. She pressed her eyelids with her fingertips, cleared her throat, straightened up, and sat back down.
“I’m sorry.”
Cedelois’s hand reached out towards Meiana. It was very fast but quiet and gentle enough that even Meiana didn’t notice. Until his fingertips touched her cheek, she didn’t realize what he was doing.
At the moment their gazes met, Meiana understood what he was doing. Before she could withdraw in embarrassment, Cedelois’s eyebrows deepened.
“What happened?”
A sigh trembled through Meiana’s lips. But it wasn’t because of Cedelois. At least, she didn’t think so. It was because of his gaze, not because of sadness and loneliness that seemed to be conveyed with that gaze.
She sighed again between her lips. Cedelois’s hand reached
It seemed that Meiana could sense the inexplicable turmoil of emotions conveyed through that gaze, not because she could express it in words.
“Nothing happened.”
“Lie.”
“Why do you think I would lie to the Duke?”
Cedelois’s lips slightly parted. Whether he had nothing to say or was maintaining silence, he soon withdrew the hand he had placed on Meiana’s cheek. However, his gaze still lingered on her face, not falling away from her wet eyes.
At that moment, Jemero returned with tea. Even though he couldn’t have missed the awkward atmosphere between the two, Jemero remained indifferent. After placing two cups in order, he bowed silently and left. The moment the door closed, Meiana felt a strange sensation, as if this reception room, where she and Cedelois were together, had suddenly separated from the world.
Cedelois didn’t touch the teacup. Meiana didn’t either. Amidst the pleasant aroma and the rising steam, the two sat in silence, turning away from each other as if they were deeply quarreling lovers.
“Drink.”
Finally, Cedelois said, tipping the teacup. It sounded more like a sigh, and Meiana, without any response, mechanically lifted the teacup and took a sip. The appropriately warm tea water moistened her tongue, smoothly going down her throat.
Cedelois spoke, “At least one thing I’ve learned.”
Meiana glanced at him curiously. “What do you mean?”
“Why you’re so devoted to Ariante. I’ve always been curious about that. Why you go to such lengths. Why… you go so far to protect a child with whom you have no connection. You just explained the reason. Ariante is your… salvation.”
Then Cedelois hastily drank the tea, as if someone desperately thirsty. There was no air of nobility, no sign of savoring the aroma.
In fact, there was no chance of such a thing. The moment Cedelois realized that Meiana was crying, he felt his mind go blank. He had never imagined her crying. Even seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn’t believe it.
Next, he wanted to know why she was crying. Why, what happened, and the intense desire to urge her to speak and reveal what she was hiding created a deep thirst.
Meiana, for a moment, just drank the tea without saying a word. Even that seemed different from usual. Like someone whose strength had drained away, she seemed absent-minded, leaving a part of her mind elsewhere.
“Are you going to the capital again because of work this time too?”
Looking at her, Cedelois couldn’t answer the question immediately. It occurred to him belatedly that he had to answer, but he was at a loss for what to say.
“Well, it’s… work.”
Meiana turned her head to look at him. “Is there something wrong with the Duke?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“Because someone who would usually just say ‘so it is’ now says, ‘it’s just work.’ Are you going to the capital not because of His Majesty’s summons but for another reason?”
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.
