“It’s going to be grand, right? Looking forward to it.”
“Thank you. Please come and enjoy without any burden.”
“Of course. You look so happy, madam. Being loved is truly wonderful.”
Leia smiled like a happy new bride.
Then, as the nobles moved away, she lowered her hat deep over her face.
“Shall we go back?”
“Yes. Let’s go back to the mansion.”
Leia nodded to the maid who approached her.
Though she looked happy on the outside, in reality, she was a woman whose inner turmoil was becoming more evident.
Leia looked down and checked the back of her hand covered with silk lace gloves.
Even after a considerable time had passed, seeing the faintly scarred back of her hand, she could feel the wounds throbbing and aching.
‘No… Maybe it’s the heart that’s aching.’
Since the day she dipped her hand in the tea, she had become colder towards Akia.
Now she thought of Akia, who was probably busy working upstairs.
Perhaps it was because he was busy. After the empress died, he started participating in government affairs. It was true that the amount of work had increased compared to before…
‘If that’s the case, I’m glad.’
Leia unconsciously bit her lip.
Thus, time passed, and before she knew it, the wedding was upon them.
Leia, dressed up, sat in the bedroom waiting for the bride’s entrance.
Once the noble young ladies who conveyed their congratulations left the bedroom, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
“Were those young ladies the last guests just now?”
It was appropriate to consider them the last guests since the wedding would start soon.
A maid who was assisting Leia approached and nodded.
“Yes. Now that the wedding is about to begin, please take a break.”
With those words, the maid left the bedroom.
Alone, the quiet stillness settled in the bedroom, where Leia had been bustling moments ago.
Feeling that there was no one around, Leia leaned against the sofa as if her strength had left her. She had been smiling so much that her face was now showing signs of strain.
“Hoo.”
When they officially declared the marriage with Akia not too long ago, she thought the wedding was something in the distant future. After all, the emperor and empress were standing firm.
She slowly raised her hand.
As she saw the silk dress flowing through her fingers, she truly felt the reality of today being the wedding day.
“Still, I’m getting married.”
As much as her fluttering heart, worries also took deep root in her heart.
Throughout the smoothly progressing wedding, Leia, the one who troubled Akia, kept being on his mind.
He often returned home late from the upper floor.
Where could a couple that was hard to see even a glimpse of each other before the wedding be? As much as he sighed like that for a moment, Leia shook her head soon after.
‘It’s okay.’
Already, he had tied the knot with her. And there must be some reason for him to behave like that.
It was the moment when she vowed to have a conversation after the wedding.
Knock, knock.
A brief knock was heard, and a maid entered with a wrapped gift.
“Madam, a congratulatory gift has arrived for you.”
“Now? Who sent it?”
Lea asked, puzzled. Who sent a wedding gift on the same day?
“Well… The sender is not accurate. It seems they took advantage of the busy preparations for the wedding. Shall I unwrap it?”
“No. Leave it there and go.”
“Yes. I’ll bring it at the time of the ceremony. Rest for now.”
As the maid left, Lea, about to sit back on the sofa, glanced at the gift on the table.
‘Unclear sender…’
Lea, who was contemplating whether to check, approached the gift and promptly untied the cloth wrapped around it.
On a good day, anticipating a good event, she didn’t want to leave an uncomfortable feeling.
“A painting?”
Soon, as the wrapping was removed, a small canvas was revealed.
When the stale smell of dust pricked her nose, Lea pinched her nose and brushed off the dust accumulated on the painting.
“What is this?”
As the white dust cleared, the figures of a man and a woman appeared.
Sitting woman and a man embracing her from behind with a smile.
Lea could recognize the woman at a glance.
“Mother?”
Although the colors had faded considerably due to the old painting, the red hair color of the woman was as vivid as ever.
This time, Lea quickly shifted her gaze to another. If the woman matched Ariel, the man hugging her so affectionately.
‘Father…?’
Lea wiped away the face of the father she was seeing for the first time. He had deep chestnut-colored eyes that suited the thick black hair.
What made them so happy?
When she was smiling broadly, Ariel and the man beside her, who was smiling with closed eyes, looked very happy.
‘You two were so happy.’
Now that she saw their faces, a longing for her father, who must be alive somewhere, flooded over her.
Lea was immersed in the appreciation of the painting, forgetting the person who delivered it. It was when a noisy sound caught her attention.
She looked up at the bustling outside the bedroom, indicating that the ceremony had begun.
Soon, a knocking sound was heard.
“Come in. Has the ceremony started?”
“W-well, ma’am. Right now…!”
The maid, who revealed herself urgently, hadn’t finished speaking.
As the bedroom door, which had been closed, opened, a man entered. Lea, holding the painting, froze in place at the unexpected appearance.
“Did you receive the gift well?”
The man leaned against the door, lifting the corners of his mouth toward Lea.
‘Ilay.’
In the cold blue eyes of Ilay gazing at her and the tangled moment, a deep sense of dread overwhelmed her.
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.
