My voice sounded strangely moist.
“Honestly, being a Duke doesn’t mean you’re always successful, right?”
“That won’t happen.”
Johan grabbed my chin with his free hand, making me meet his gaze.
“I don’t do failures.”
“…”
“If you don’t believe in yourself, believe in me.”
The sound of my heart pounding echoed loudly near my ears. His gaze was proud, yet affectionate and comforting.
‘I can see why I fell in love in the original story.’
The warm sunshine, the temperature wrapping my skin just right, his gaze that made me feel special just by looking.
All of this was a perfect lie.
Even knowing it’s fake, I wanted to go along with it.
“I think I’ll go inside now.”
I stood up from my seat before the situation could get any worse.
“Whenever you’re having a hard time, talk to me about anything.”
“Really, anything?”
“Yes, anything you can think of.”
Johan spoke with a subtle voice.
“For example, it would be okay to go see your parents.”
“So soon?”
Most noble women did not visit their parents for a while after marriage. He shrugged his shoulders lightly.
“What does it matter if you want to go, my lady.”
But the Libertan Duke and his wife are probably in jail right now.
‘But they haven’t been executed right away because they’re nobles.’
It’s certain that they’re not in a condition where their daughter could visit them. Besides, from Johan’s perspective, it wouldn’t be good for me to go.
Because the likelihood of me finding out the truth would increase.
‘But the fact that he said it…’
A chill ran down my spine. A villain doesn’t do anything without a reason. I had a feeling that something unknown had happened behind my back.
‘Right now, I need to appear as harmless as possible.’
I shook my head vigorously.
“I’m okay. Besides, I haven’t even fully adapted to the Duchy of Blanchet yet.”
“But you must miss them a lot, right?”
His red eyes pierced through me with a sharp gaze.
“Eh, not really.”
“Really?”
Johan grabbed the hand I used to stand up. I looked at him questioningly.
“But don’t get used to holding back too much.”
What he handed me was a bag of cookies. As soon as I checked the bag of cookies and our eyes met, Johan’s lips curled up in a smile.
“This is for that time.”
Apparently, the cookies I gave him before left quite an impression.
“You don’t have to give me something like this…”
“I want to give it, so I’m giving it.”
Johan tightly covered my fingers holding the bag of cookies.
“And, eat this alone.”
“I usually don’t share my food with others anyway.”
“Even so, make sure to eat this alone. Because it’s yours, my lady.”
The sharp corners of Johan’s eyes softened as he gave a sweet smile. My heart started to pound again.
“Can’t I give it to the Duke?”
At that, Johan nodded his head.
“Yes, to me too.”
I felt a strange sensation washing over me from head to toe. I clenched the bag of cookies with both hands.
“Th, then I’ll enjoy it. Thank you.”
I got up and walked away from the garden tree. I tried to walk as if I wasn’t running away, but it felt like I was fleeing.
But Johan’s smiling face wouldn’t leave my mind.
‘Why am I like this?’
After all, it’s just a casual conversation and a bag of cookies.
Johann’s words were probably insincere. After all, his plan for revenge on me was still in place.
‘My cookie, mine.’
I clenched the cookie as if it was about to break, fearing I would lose it.
Ridiculous as it was, it seemed like the first thing that truly belonged to me. It felt so strange that I thought I should be alone.
The Duchess of Libertan, Rosaria, clutched the bars of her cell. For a woman who had never suffered, prison life was utterly dreadful.
‘How long must I stay in such a place?’
The sudden downfall of the Libertan Duke’s family.
No matter how wicked they were, they were still a ducal family. Regardless of the severity of their treason, even if they had no money left in their family, they should have had at least a chance to argue their case.
“No one has requested to visit the Duke and Duchess of Libertan.”
The allied noble families they trusted turned their backs on them long ago as their family fell into massive debt. Even the emperor, their last lifeline, had abandoned them.
“His Majesty the Emperor has refused to meet with the convicts.”
Until the trial just before the execution, the Duke and Duchess of Libertan could do nothing but remain trapped in prison.
Everything had happened too quickly.
‘Yes. It’s like…’
It was similar to the downfall of the Blancet ducal family that they had despised so much. It was as if someone had prepared for their downfall.
Rosaria, her lips tightly bitten, turned her head towards the Duke of Libertan.
“Honey, haven’t we heard anything from the spy in the Blancet duchy yet? They promised to bring the child out.”
Even if all the spies sent to the Blancet duchy had disappeared, there was one.
There was one who was luckily left.
“Let’s wait. Things can’t be solved that quickly.”
“How long do we have to stay here? We might really be executed.”
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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