Thud!
From beyond the firmly closed zelkova door of the lounge, the noise of the front door opening reverberated loudly. People were coming in.
Ariadne and Alfonso looked at each other in surprise.
“Is there anyone there?”
A rowdy male voice sounded. The voice was getting closer and closer to this side.
“We should go out. You better leave.”
At Ariadne’s words, Alfonso also nodded. If it were known that the prince was in San Carlo, it would undoubtedly cause a significant commotion. Especially if the place the prince was found was the home of Cardinal de Mare.
“You’re not going straight back to Taranto, are you?”
The prince had ridden day and night for three days to come up to San Carlo. Ariadne worried deeply as she looked at Alfonso, who was about to embark on the long journey again. However, Alfonso reassured Ariadne with a smile.
“Don’t worry. I’m going to go to my palace in Palazzo Carlo to take care of one or two things and then leave… But I will have to leave San Carlo by tomorrow morning at the latest.”
Regretfully, he embraced Ariadne tightly once, then reluctantly let her go.
“Ari, it will be difficult to see you again until the entire court returns to San Carlo for the ‘Spring Festival’ at the end of March. Can you behave well and wait until then?”
Ariadne nodded vigorously. Her life had been a continuous series of hardships. She had endured long periods, so what were a few months? As long as there was hope, she could endure any situation.
“Eat well.”
He added a word.
“I will check when I come back.”
Ariadne stared at Alfonso.
“How are you going to check?”
With her lips pouting, she glared at Alfonso and continued her questioning.
“Don’t tell me you have a naughty method of checking?”
“No! What do you take me for!”
Alfonso vehemently denied, but his slightly flushed face looked anything but innocent. Just as Ariadne was about to laugh, a ‘thump thump’ noise came from the direction of the lounge. She hardened her face.
“Alfonso, this way.”
Ariadne grabbed the sleeve of Alfonso, who was wearing a winter hood, and took him to the back door connected to the kitchen.
Like a squirrel, she quickly led Alfonso to one of the storage rooms behind the kitchen, and pulled out a large bunch of keys from the pocket of the cloak she was wearing. They were the innkeeper’s keys.
Ariadne opened the door leading outside from the storage room with the innkeeper’s key.
“If you go out here, you’ll be in the backyard. If you follow the visible fence, you’ll find the side door, which should be unlocked at this time.”
Ariadne, who had spoken so far, paused for a moment to consider. Excluding the rising and setting of the sun, where in the world was there something that ‘always’ happened without change?
“No, take this.”
She found a midsized key from the bunch, pulled it out, and handed it to Alfonso.
“If it’s locked, open it with this and go. I have a spare, so you can take it.”
Ariadne opened the warehouse door and urged Alfonso.
“Now, hurry.”
Alfonso turned his head, looked at her regretfully, and gave her a final kiss on the lips. It was a short but bitter kiss that dripped with regret.
He kissed her and then left the warehouse immediately. Ariadne dumbly stared at his retreating figure and then touched her own lips.
Bang!
The sound of someone forcefully opening the door to the lounge attached to the banquet hall echoed. Ariadne thought it might be Ippolito returning and hurried to the banquet hall to greet the guest.
But the man standing in the banquet hall was a middleaged man she had never seen before.
“Who are you…?”
“Do I need to introduce myself when I came to see my nephew’s last moment? Who are you, miss? Where’s Lucrezia?”
He was undoubtedly a member of the Rosi family. The contents of his words were one thing, but his ignorant and arrogant attitude was a perfect match for Janobi and Lucrezia.
Ariadne introduced herself. She had an ominous feeling and didn’t want to reveal her name as much as possible, but as the hostess, she had no way to hide her identity.
“I am Ariadne de Mare, the second daughter of Cardinal de Mare. My mother is currently unwell and resting. Shall I inform her that we have a guest?”
“Ah, it’s you?”
Upon hearing Ariadne’s introduction, the middleaged man looked her up and down with a highly provocative attitude, without any regard for his speech or demeanor towards the daughter of Cardinal de Mare.
It was obvious what Lucrezia had written about Ariadne in the letters she sent home. However, it seemed that the middleaged man’s anger towards Ariadne was not solely because of that.
“So, you’re the damn girl who framed our poor servant! A worthless upstart! I am Stefano, the father of the servant!”
Ariadne felt irritated and had a lot to say, but thankfully, she was more forgiving today for various reasons towards Stefano de Rossi.
More than anything, Ariadne did not want to argue loudly on Arabella’s last journey.
She raised her voice and called a servant.
“Is there anyone there?”
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.
