‘Your lady seems to really like your fiery temper. Come secretly tonight when we collect the ladies’ bedding. The lady has something urgent to tell you.’
The princess’s right-hand maid finished her sly remarks.
‘You’re really lucky. This is a chance to serve the future Empress. Don’t think too hard, just seize it.’
“Today’s the day we get new bedding, right?”
“I’ll, I’ll go.”
As Vera commented while sweeping the carpet, Rosa quickly volunteered.
“Pity. You must have been waiting for your master. What a disappointment.”
The man’s shadow loomed ominously over Arabell’s head.
His voice, devoid of emotion, sent chills down her spine.
“And to see a face you didn’t want to see, the disappointment must be doubled.”
In her wide eyes, a handsome face with a sneer appeared. The once playful red eyes now held no trace of jest.
It was a look she had seen before. After saving Arabell from a forest fire, he had that same expression. A suffocating calm before an explosion.
“Your… Majesty… How did you…?”
Her voice faltered, not out of fear, but from excitement. Arabell felt embarrassed and stepped back, bowing her head. She could feel her face flushing to her forehead.
As Arabell turned away, avoiding his gaze, the Emperor’s jaw tightened.
Back to square one. Just like in the stables of Kender Castle, where she couldn’t make eye contact and stood rigidly.
In an instant, his emotions twisted indescribably. He wondered if she was crying, if she wanted to contact him but couldn’t reach out, or if she was thinking of running away.
Despite his imperial dignity, he had stealthily climbed a tree like a thief in the night, scattering gingko leaves to guide her. He had worried about her dozens of times a day, and now he felt ashamed and angry at himself.
He felt pathetic and humiliated for having thrown away his pride and come to her, for a woman who never sought him out since returning to the palace.
The woman in front of him was waiting for someone else. The thick sinew in the Emperor’s neck throbbed with rage.
“Did you send a note to your master? Asking him to come and take you away?”
She had definitely called out ‘Master,’ looking at the falling yellow leaves with an overwhelmed voice, as if she wanted him to come and rescue her.
He approached Arabell, his large shoe nearly touching her small one.
“No, I just thought the only person who could send gingko leaves from a cherry tree was my master. I didn’t know you would come…”
“Sorry it wasn’t the master you were eagerly waiting for. Disappointed because your chance to run away is gone?”
His cold voice made Arabell shake her head again. Each of his words felt like sharp ice, stinging her throat.
She longed for the kind Emperor, bowing her head even deeper.
“You can’t look me in the eyes because you’re afraid of being caught in a lie about wanting to escape? I told you to look at me straight when you’re with me. Here…”
He paused to take a breath.
“You were waiting to escape with your master, weren’t you? That’s why you can’t look me in the eyes with your false gaze.”
His rationality faded more and more. Uncharacteristically for the always cool-headed Emperor, he pressed her for answers.
‘I shouldn’t have brought her as a candidate for the Empress. Instead of enduring humiliation in the annex, it would’ve been better to secretly bring her here and keep her hidden. She couldn’t escape if she was in my hands.’
His eyes flickered fiercely, contemplating whether to take Arabell away and change his plans right then.
“I never thought of escaping.”
Still showing the top of her head, Arabell shook her head as the Emperor spoke.
“You can’t even lift your head because you fear your lies will be exposed. Look up at me and speak.”
“No, it’s not that.”
“Then why won’t you lift your head?”
“…”
Arabell mumbled faintly as the Emperor’s voice ominously loomed over her.
“Speak clearly. Otherwise, I’ll believe you were planning to run away with your master.”
“Because I’m embarrassed…”
“Embarrassed because your thoughts of escaping were discovered?”
“No…”
Her small head shook continuously under his narrowed, red-eyed gaze.
“Then what? Are you embarrassed because you longed for your master?”
“No. It’s not that…”
Arabell slowly raised her head to meet the Emperor. Her innocent eyes captured his frosty red ones.
“Seeing Your Majesty makes me so happy that my heart feels like it will burst. That’s why… when I look at you, I feel relieved and tears well up…”
She quickly bowed her head again and fervently wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.
“I’m sorry for always showing my weakness. I should be helping you… but I keep causing you worry.”
A small sigh escaped the Emperor’s lips.
While her crying figure was heartbreakingly pitiful, his negative emotions vanished hearing her say she was happy to see him, feeling like her heart would burst.
Large hands gently enveloped her trembling, slender back, drawing her into an embrace. The sweet and pure scent of her skin tantalized his senses, simultaneously calming him.
“If you had shown your happiness to see me right away, such a misunderstanding would not have occurred.”
His neck flushed with the heat of self-reproach for not giving her a chance to properly explain.
“There’s a place I want to take you. I’ll send a message to Vera, so don’t worry and come with me.”
Gently wiping away the thick tears on her eyebrows with his fingers, the Emperor spoke in a tender voice.
Seeing the Emperor’s warm smile, Arabell relaxed and nodded her head in agreement.
The Emperor naturally took Arabell’s hand and led her out of the cave. Frankly, it resembled a scene of a black panther sweetly coaxing an innocent deer to follow him home.
However, Arabell, feeling relieved and happy to be with the Emperor, smiled contentedly and followed him without hesitation.
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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