Pregnant With The Wolf's Child (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
“……Hmm.”
The sunlight streaming in continuously made my eyes dazzle. I barely managed to gather strength in my eyelids and sat up.
“Miss! You’re awake! Th-thank goodness.”
Mary sniffled as she helped me sit up.
I took down the cold compress from my forehead.
“Mary, how long has it been since I collapsed?”
“A-about an hour. I didn’t call anyone, just in case.”
“You did well, Mary.”
My worry eased at the thought that no one had been summoned.
Now that my mind felt calmer, even my stomach didn’t ache anymore.
“What on earth happened to you?”
I confessed to Mary, who was still sniffling, everything that had occurred with Duke Bellaste.
“His Grace, the Duke, really went too far! Never mind, Miss. We’ll be leaving this place soon anyway—tell him not to bother regretting it.”
“Would he even feel regret?”
Duke Bellaste was the kind of man who would never regret it, even if I were to die.
He might resent me for the sudden absence that caused him trouble—but he’d never feel remorse.
‘He said, “How do you expect to endure in the Imperial Palace with such a fragile mind?”’
Right now, what mattered most to him was making ‘Princess Bellaste’ the next Empress.
“Mary. I need you to go out right now and get train tickets to Trianon. I’ll sell some of the jewels I’ve saved up.”
There wasn’t much time left before the deadline I’d promised my physician. I couldn’t afford to lounge around idly any longer.
“But you’ve only just woken up…”
I patted Mary’s worried cheek and got out of bed.
“It’s just simple anemia. These symptoms are common in expectant mothers, aren’t they?”
“You really are something, Miss. Then you’d better do only what you said and come right back to rest properly.”
Mary, unable to refuse, helped me get ready to go out, and we headed outside.
[This is the timeline separator]We arrived directly at the boutique specializing in imported jewels.
“Welcome. This is Rendezvous.”
“I’d like to sell some jewels.”
“You’ve come to the right place. May I see what you’ve brought?”
I gently placed the jewel case I’d carefully carried close to my chest onto the glass table.
“…Th-this is…”
The clerk’s eyes changed as soon as he saw inside the case.
Understandably so—it contained everything I owned, from the jewels gifted by Larien’s maternal family to every piece I’d purchased using my dignity maintenance funds.
“C-customer, this is a diamond found only in Seraz, and this… isn’t this the so-called ‘Tears of Requil’?”
“That’s correct.”
“These are all top-grade pieces! Are you certain you really want to sell them?”
The clerk clasped his hands together and asked politely.
‘I mustn’t let my guard down. They might try to trick me.’
I shut the jewel case firmly with a resolute expression.
“If you don’t offer a proper price, we’ll just consider this conversation never happened.”
“Don’t worry. Our master at Rendezvous has money to spare—it’s practically rotting away.”
The clerk laughed heartily at my warning.
“He must be an incredibly wealthy person! Just who exactly is the owner of Rendezvous?”
It had to be some noble whose hobby was collecting jewels.
I was curious about who owned Rendezvous.
‘I can’t remember whose property Rendezvous was…’
It had already been over a decade since I’d taken over this body, and my memories had grown hazy.
To officially establish a boutique that bought jewels required immense wealth.
Just who could it be?
“I-I can’t reveal that! If word of our master’s identity leaks out, I might die! He’d tear me apart on the spot!”
He didn’t seem to be boasting. The clerk squeezed his eyes shut, genuinely terrified.
‘If leaking information gets you killed… it’s better not to know who it is.’
As long as they paid fairly, I didn’t particularly care.
“Ahem, my apologies. How about this amount, then? You can withdraw it immediately at the bank.”
The clerk, looking slightly embarrassed, pulled out a blank check and confidently scribbled zeroes with a fountain pen.
300 million Arks.
So it really was true—he truly had money to spare.
“Alright.”
“Please sign the ledger.”
Since I couldn’t write my real name, I signed with my nickname instead.
“M-miss, your name… is it Lari?”
Seeing no surname, he assumed I was a commoner and spoke as if suspecting I’d stolen the jewels.
‘He must find it suspicious that a commoner is selling such valuable gems.’
I worried he might cancel the deal altogether.
“Oh, come to think of it…”
The clerk stared suspiciously at my face.
‘I’ll just brazen it out. So what? It’s not like I stole them.’
I quickly changed the subject.
“Oh, by the way—I heard you also run small errands from here.”
Rendezvous often performed errands to retain its clientele.
Whether it meant paying off officials or procuring hard-to-find items, they never hesitated to get their hands dirty.
‘But why was Rendezvous mentioned in the original story again?’
If I’d known I’d be transmigrating, I shouldn’t have skimmed through it so carelessly.
‘Then again, it’s better than knowing nothing at all.’
I gave a small, sly smile and whispered softly.
“Please get me two train tickets to Trianon—as quickly as possible.”
“A-all right. Please come back tomorrow.”
It seemed this service was offered only to a select few; merely knowing about it made the clerk treat me with even greater courtesy.
[This is the timeline separator]“No end in sight.”
Jade pressed firmly on his stiff neck as he stared at the towering pile of documents.
‘…Tired.’
He hadn’t slept properly for days and was now extremely irritable.
Larien’s words—“I won’t come looking for you unless you call me”—kept echoing in his mind.
‘Why is she suddenly pushing me away?’
He tried to recall if he’d done anything to earn her hatred.
He’d lied in frustration, claiming he’d get engaged, simply because he felt hurt she wouldn’t come see him.
He’d expected jealousy, but she’d pushed him away, saying they needed to stay at an appropriate distance.
‘Was it because I asked how she’d feel if she had my child, and she said no?’
Damn it. What else could he have done?
Who in their right mind would want to see the fruit of the woman they loved bearing another man’s child?
He wished he could peek into that little head of hers and know exactly what Larien was thinking.
‘Larien. The more you push me away, the tighter I’ll hold on.’
…Ever since that distant past.
‘Because you’re all I have.’
She was the only person he’d ever drawn close to, wanting desperately to trust someone.
Because she’d had such a profound influence on him.
Larien was exactly that kind of person.
Clear, warm, like sunshine that lifted your mood just by seeing it.
She’d squeezed through the narrow cracks of his heart, where trusting others had always been difficult, and pulled him out of the darkness.
After losing his parents, he’d thought his life would be nothing but stains.
But that little girl who’d handed him his father’s pocket watch—believed lost forever—had set his time flowing once again.
Jade took out the brooch he always wore.
The sapphire embedded within held the color of the sea, melting into a clear violet that mirrored Larien’s eyes.
This sapphire was part of his heart, expelled when he manifested as a wolf.
A wolf, in its lifetime, produces one gemstone matching the eye color of its destined mate.
From the moment Larien appeared, she had been his destined partner.
Jade longed for those sea-colored eyes to hold only him.
“Marquis. May I come in?”
“…What is it?”
Lost in thought for a while, Jade looked up as the butler knocked and entered.
“Lady Wins has sent a letter inviting you to dine with her this evening.”
“Tell her I’m busy and can’t make time.”
Without hesitation, Jade gave a flat, disinterested reply to the butler’s message.
‘She keeps asking to meet—it’s becoming a nuisance.’
He wasn’t officially engaged to Lady Wins, nor had they held a wedding ceremony.
“From now on, don’t report every message from Lady Wins to me. Just make up a reasonable excuse and decline.”
“Yes, Marquis.”
It had all been a performance staged merely to see Larien’s reaction—whether she’d avoid him.
Now that Larien showed no interest whatsoever in his supposed engagement, there was no reason to keep meeting Lady Wins.
“Oh, by the way—the clerk from Rendezvous has come. He says he has something urgent to report.”
“Something urgent to report?”
“Yes. What should I do?”
“…Let him in.”
At Jade’s permission, the butler opened the door.
The clerk, after glancing around cautiously, stepped inside with a deep bow.
“M-Marquis Rowe, it’s an honor.”
“I thought I’d told you not to come unless absolutely necessary. What’s so urgent?”
Rendezvous.
The boutique he’d created for Larien, who went mad over sparkling jewels.
It had all started because he loved seeing her smile when he gifted her rare gems procured through Rendezvous.
But since they also handled shady business, Rendezvous had a rather poor reputation in society.
‘What if Larien finds out I’m the owner of Rendezvous?’
She absolutely must not learn that he owned Rendezvous. He wanted to appear ordinary in front of her.
“P-please take a look at this.”
“The ledger?”
As he scanned the ledger, a particularly familiar handwriting and name caught his eye.
[ Paid via check: 300 million Arks.Special note: Requested two train tickets to Trianon.
Signature: Lari. ]
“She had eyes the color of the sea, tinged with violet.”
Watching Jade’s expression as he read, the clerk added a description of ‘Lien’s’ appearance.
“What you just said.”
Jade frowned, slammed the ledger shut, and the clerk flinched.
“It had better be the truth. If you’re mocking me, I’ll cut out your tongue myself.”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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how do you remember the girl’s writing style? when I sign my own name, i sometimes sign it crooked and sometimes straight.
isn’t it obvious that it’s your child?
jade is crazy with jealousy.jade is going to find larien. i have a feeling they’re going to fight.
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‘Now that she has another man, is she planning to tell me never to see her again
Let me get this straight…he’s known her since childhood, finally spent the night with her after confessing (sort of)… and he thinks she already has someone else!??
'Better this than never seeing her at all.'
I think so…both actually…maybe all characters lol tbh
I tried to widen the distance between us, but the remaining space was already ti
I wonder how he is going to react when he meets lobelia…
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agustus_orchid
Even if you die, Larien’s father won’t mourn for you. his father sees Larien as an enemy.
Larien .·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·.
agustus_orchid
did you say you were getting engaged to make Larien jealous?
jade, your mind doesn’t work very well.
agustus_orchid
What is the percentage chance that the boutique owner is Jade?