Second Male Lead, You Said It Was A Contract Marriage? (7 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 080

Still, it wasn’t even the period of pregnancy stability yet. I couldn’t understand why she had sent me a letter—especially on a day when the news of her conception was making such a fuss.

Though it felt unpleasant, I couldn’t simply ignore it, so I opened the letter.

Inside was a greeting saying it had been a while, followed by her desire to talk with me. She expressed concern that everyone should be cautious during this delicate time, but confessed she had no peer to honestly confide in, and thus found it difficult.

I read the letter to the end, yet understood nothing at all.

Neither her calling me, someone she wasn’t close to, during a time when she should be cautious due to pregnancy, nor her lies—everything felt like a trap laid out for me.

‘Everyone knows about her conception, so even if we meet, I can’t raise my voice or show displeasure. And then I’ll have to listen to her reminisce about her past with Yezar again. Can I endure that?’

The thought of meeting her brought me stress.

‘If Bertisha’s goal is to torment me, she’s already halfway successful. Haa.’

I let out a deep sigh and wrote back, offering congratulations on her conception and asking her to let me know a convenient day to meet. But I also added that the imperial family would likely oppose her summoning me at a time when pregnancy stability wasn’t even required.

Still, if she insisted on calling me, this was better than leaving it blank.

After finishing the letter, I rushed to the training grounds. My morning duties were complete. I wanted to shake off this unpleasant feeling by swinging my sword.

Coincidentally, the knights were training, and they greeted me warmly at first. But once they saw me fiercely destroy all the wooden dummies, they sensed my mood and quietly moved far away.

I faintly overheard them speculating whether I had quarreled with Yezar.

‘As if that could happen. Yezar and I get along too well—it’s almost a problem.’

I kept forgetting it was a contractual marriage, and feared I might accidentally cross a line.

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