The Credentials of a Couple (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 34

“Viscountess Fisher.”

“T-that’s because I’m feeling unwell…”

“Then that’s all the better. After all, dillan is known to aid digestion.”

“Oh…”

“I suppose I should pour you more tea, then. So your cup never runs dry.”

The deeper the Emperor’s smile grew, the more Margaret’s hands trembled.

Amid the Emperor’s expectant gaze and the puzzled stares of those watching them both, what choice would she make?

I shook my head as I watched Margaret repeatedly bring the cup to her lips only to pull away again, so close yet never quite drinking.

Margaret’s tear-filled eyes, fixed on me, looked as if pleading for help—and it struck me as rather amusing.

I had always believed it was only natural for me to lend her my hand.

After all, ten years ago, when everyone else had turned their backs on me, Margaret was among the few who had stayed by my side.

Thus, I had also believed it was my duty—sworn to stand by her in every moment, no matter what. To her, I would never begrudge anything.

But that was when we were still friends.

I raised my own cup and smiled gently toward Margaret.

You should experience it yourself—just how agonizing it is to be entangled in a child’s death.

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