A Contract Marriage with My Child’s Father - Chapter 12

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Chapter 12

A sharp scream that pierced the eardrums. Before I could even grasp the situation, someone entered the room with loud, clattering footsteps.

“Oh my goodness! Just look at your face! Are you alright? Why do you keep making me worry like this!”

The woman rushed straight to the bedside of the sleeping Jayden without any warning.

‘Who on earth is this? Could this be that person who’s supposed to be Jayden’s personal maid? But…’

Looking at her appearance made me somewhat concerned.

From her head to her wrists, she was covered in all sorts of accessories, and there was even a strong perfume scent.

She didn’t look like someone who cared for patients.

“Excuse me…”

It would be a disaster if Jayden woke up because of this.

When I called out to her in a small voice, she belatedly noticed my presence and whipped her head around to glare at me.

“…”

The moment our eyes met, the woman’s gaze quickly swept over me from top to bottom.

“What are you? A maid?”

“Ah, I’m newly arrived…”

“Never mind.”

She cut off my words as if my answer wasn’t important at all. Then she began glancing toward the door.

“Where is His Grace the Duke?”

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“…Pardon?”

“I heard His Grace was here.”

Her tone suggested she had a different purpose from the beginning, and I couldn’t help but feel bewildered. But that wasn’t what was important right now.

Jayden’s face, which had finally become peaceful, began to wrinkle again, and the child started coughing.

Ugh. Come to think of it, how strong did she spray that perfume? There’s a sick child here. I had to get her out first.

“The patient is sleeping. Let’s go outside. Let’s talk outside.”

I naturally opened the window for ventilation and tried to take her outside with me.

But the woman didn’t stop.

“Can’t you hear me? I’m asking where His Grace the Duke is!”

My suggestion to go outside and talk seemed to fall on deaf ears.

Sigh. I thought I should answer quickly and take her outside, so I opened my mouth again.

“His Grace is not here right now.”

“You should have said that from the beginning!”

Tsk. What a waste of time.

The woman muttered irritably and then shot out of the corridor like an arrow.

It was as if a storm had swept through.

Whatever that was about, it was fortunate for now. That Jayden didn’t wake up.

I hurriedly opened the windows wider to let out the stale air.

“Mmm…”

As the cool breeze came in, Jayden’s furrowed brow finally relaxed.

‘Hmm. Now it seems okay.’

His breathing was stable too… He seemed to be sleeping deeply.

Now let’s really leave. Breathing a sigh of relief, I carefully moved my steps.

It was the very moment I stealthily opened the door without a sound and stepped into the corridor.

“…!”

Somehow Cain was standing in front of the door.

He immediately asked.

“How did it go-“

Shh.

In my urgency, I placed my index finger on my lips and gave him a hand signal to be quiet.

“…”

Cain seemed flustered but closed his mouth for now. However, his reaction was somewhat strange.

But was I being too presumptuous? Even so, he’s a duke.

‘But I was in a hurry. I couldn’t wake Jayden.’

After how hard it was to get him to sleep deeply.

As an apology, I awkwardly raised the corners of my mouth and took two steps toward him.

Then I approached him as close as possible without being too excessive and whispered to him in a very small voice.

“The young master is sleeping. Let me move to another place and tell you.”

Dragon blood was known to have sensitive senses. Especially since Jayden was a patient, it would be better to be more careful.

Fortunately, Cain seemed to understand and nodded.

He gestured for me to follow him.

The corridor was surprisingly quiet. Earlier it had been quite noisy.

It seemed that while I was treating Jayden, Cain had dismissed not only Conrad but also the servants.

It seemed like consideration for his nephew.

“Come in.”

“Excuse me…!”

The place Cain guided me to was his study.

As soon as I entered, bright sunlight fell over my head. Through the wide-open windows, the entire view of the garden came into sight.

Wow. It’s beautiful.

Given the situation, I didn’t show it outwardly, but I was truly amazed inside.

It was an incomparably more beautiful garden than the marquis’s estate.

It was hard to take my eyes off the sight of various seasonal flowers blooming in colorful array.

However, Cain seemed to have grown accustomed to it long ago and appeared quite unimpressed. Leaning against his desk, he was watching me intently.

Ahem. Ahem.

Belatedly feeling his gaze, I cleared my throat and began my explanation.

“First, I’d like to tell you that you can worry a little less. His palm was slightly cut by glass fragments and wounded, but I treated it well. Ah, and…”

Where did the fever reducer go? I want to show it to you directly.

As I unconsciously put my hand into my bag, my forearm area stung slightly.

I didn’t think much of it and finally took out the fever reducer from my bag.

“The young master had a severe fever. So I gave him fever reducer-“

“That’s not what you should say first.”

Cain interrupted with an displeased voice. Come to think of it, I hadn’t reported on Jayden’s condition yet. As his guardian, he must be very worried.

“Ah, fortunately his high fever has completely gone down!”

“That’s good news, but I already know that much.”

Hmm… Then what exactly does he want me to say?

I can’t do this or that. As I just stood there looking at him for a moment, Cain pointed at my arm with his chin.

“Your arm.”

“…Pardon?”

“The smell of blood is overwhelming. Don’t you notice?”

Ah. Only then did I become aware of my own state. I had been so focused on Jayden that I had completely forgotten about first aid or anything else.

Red blood had seeped through my torn white sleeves, making a mess.

Ugh. I must look terrible. It must be unsightly.

As I slightly opened my mouth, Cain spoke again in a blunt manner.

“I hired you as a healer. I don’t remember calling you to become a patient.”

I hastily hid my arm behind my back.

“Ah, this? It’s nothing. Just a slight scratch that will heal quickly!”

“Heal quickly?”

Cain’s eyebrow rose at an angle.

“Are you also dragon-blooded?”

“Not really…?”

“Just listening to you talk, it sounds like you have some kind of backing.”

He’s being sarcastic. But it’s so accurate that I can’t argue back.

Honestly, to others’ eyes, I probably do seem a bit careless.

But it’s not like I had no intention of treating it at all.

‘Actually, I’m the one who refuses that. If I left it alone and Melody found out… Ugh!’

Just thinking about it sent chills crawling up my spine.

That usually rabbit-like cute little Mother-clinging child would cause an absolute uproar if I got hurt.

“This much will heal quickly with some medicine. I’ll finish the report and go back to treat it right away.”

“Is there a need for that? You won’t need your hands for the report.”

“Pardon?”

“Do that treatment here.”

Ah! Is he a genius?

…Though maybe I was being a bit stupid.

But it was certainly an efficient method. I could just treat it while giving the report.

“Yes, I’ll do as you command.”

I answered with feigned solemnity, then rolled up my torn sleeve and began removing the glass shards one by one with tweezers.

At the same time, I opened my mouth to give my report.

“Well, first, as I mentioned earlier, the young master’s fever has subsid-“

Ow. I pinched the flesh.

Looking back and forth between the wound and Cain made me make an unusual mistake.

Why am I like this? Come to think of it, the injured part was my left arm. I’m left-handed.

But for now, I pretended nothing was wrong.

“-ed! For the time being, to prevent the fever from rising again…”

“Stop.”

“Pardon?”

“I told you to treat it, but you’re inflicting self-harm.”

Speaking in a sharp voice, he soon straightened his body that had been leaning against the desk. Standing in front of me, he casually extended his hand.

“Give it here.”

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