I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 114

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When Ron shouted, the child cried even harder in distress.

Her husband had been frequently leaving the shop and constantly going out these days. He seemed to keep visiting some major city, and during that time, Elizabeth had been extremely exhausted taking care of both the shop and the child.

“What did you do so well that you’re yelling at the child?”

Elizabeth snapped with venom in her eyes.

“What kind of manners is it to go out constantly without saying anything? Where exactly have you been going?”

Even though she loved the son she had with Ron much more, compared to when she used a nanny while raising Judith, childcare was extremely difficult.

Therefore, Elizabeth’s words couldn’t help but be sharp.

Moreover, a few days ago, the Crown Prince’s people had come to interrogate them.

They didn’t give proper explanations. They just listened to what had happened to Ron and Elizabeth, then glared at them with eyes like they were looking at beasts before disappearing.

The reason Alteon’s people couldn’t touch them anymore was because they were Judith’s family anyway.

Now that Judith was missing, they couldn’t carelessly touch her birth mother and half-brother without knowing her intentions.

However, since they had noticed that they were less than strangers to Judith, they didn’t share information about the current situation.

Therefore, from Ron and Elizabeth’s perspective, who didn’t know the circumstances, everything was bound to be frustrating.

Elizabeth had even learned about Ron’s solo actions only after Alteon’s people interrogated them.

She had made a fuss saying ‘That man told us to wait just one month!’, but Ron didn’t listen at all.

He had only retorted, ‘So we should miss our chance to become nobles?’

“Get a grip. Can’t you tell from how the Crown Prince’s people interrogated us? Give up now.”

At Elizabeth’s words, Ron widened his eyes and got angry.

“I can’t give up. How can I give up like this?”

“Then what choice do we have?”

“We need to know how things are going! The Imperial Family is definitely involved!”

“So where have you been going?”

Ron answered as if spitting out the words.

“The Capital. Trying to find out anything.”

Then he snorted and said.

“Oh, about your daughter. She ended up getting divorced.”

At those words, Elizabeth’s eyes widened.

“What? Divorced? Judith got divorced?”

“The rumor is all over the Capital. The child was miscarried and the two divorced.”

Ron shrugged as he spoke.

“And that’s not all. Ekian Meius received an Imperial surname from the Crown Prince and became a Marquis. Turns out he was Emperor’s son?”

Rumors from the Capital didn’t reach remote territories. So this was the first time Elizabeth was hearing this news.

“Emperor went missing in Arten Territory, so Ekian Meius, who became a Marquis, went to Arten to find Emperor.”

Of course, Ron was also a commoner.

He hadn’t heard accurate information, but had pieced together various bits of information floating around the Capital. So there were some chronological errors.

“He really didn’t want to marry Judith, I guess. Honestly, he couldn’t put such a girl in the position of Marquis’ wife. A minor duke’s wife and a member of the Imperial Family are completely different in status.”

After hearing that, Elizabeth, who had been lost in thought, suddenly stood up. And with a determined face, she said.

“Ron, we need to go to Arten right away.”

Elizabeth’s mind began to work quickly.

“I think I know who that suspicious person who came to find me was. How he could use Imperial magical tools too. It was the Marquis!”

She had already lost interest in Petro, who was crying loudly.

“The Marquis position was right in front of him, so he was worried about getting caught up in scandal because of Judith. That’s why he told us to wait just one month. Until he abandoned the Meius surname and divorced!”

“Th-then… wait, Elizabeth. What are you talking about?”

“But they already divorced, right? Then that man has no reason to monitor us anymore! And Judith’s ties with the Meius Ducal House are over too, aren’t they?”

Elizabeth’s eyes shone with glittering hope.

“But the promise with Emperor is still valid. Since it’s come to this, let’s get permission from the Marquis and move again.”

Seeing Elizabeth’s confident face, Ron’s complexion also brightened.

His son’s lordship position, which he absolutely couldn’t give up, seemed to be dangling before his eyes again.

“B-but… will Judith just step back like this? She’s the girl who succeeded in seducing the minor duke before. What if she uses the same method again?”

“That’s why we need to go and see the situation! Even so, it’s not a bad situation for us. There’s definitely room to take advantage.”

Elizabeth explained enthusiastically.

“And don’t I know Judith’s weaknesses better than you? My goodness, using Alteon Marchioness for that was too sloppy.”

Elizabeth said triumphantly.

“Actually, what that girl is really weak against is…”

Her green eyes curved slowly.

“Me.”

A sinister voice was added.

“That girl Judith would do anything to be loved by me, right? She was so scared of hearing one harsh word from me that she couldn’t say a word even to me when I abandoned her and ran away.”

Ekian’s insides began to burn with anxiety.

After stealthily following the children, he waited at the school gate. And when Huyd came out on his bicycle, he followed him again.

Originally, his feelings were half and half.

Half hoping he could see Judith by following Huyd, half hoping Judith wouldn’t be there no matter how much he followed Huyd.

But after hearing Huyd’s conversation with the market people, his heart tilted completely to one side.

‘Oh my, you look lonely going around alone! Make sure to come with Teacher Yus next time!’

‘You two are always together, aren’t you? Is Yus not feeling well today? Go home and give her our regards. Tell her we’re worried.’

A woman named Yus who lived with Huyd and always went around together.

Although her name wasn’t Judith, the probability that she was using an alias was naturally high.

‘Taking walks like that, buying this and that, well, that’s happiness. Right? It’s happiness for a young man and woman to live like that. At times like that, they wouldn’t envy our Marquis or even Emperor. Isn’t that right?’

That was the life Ekian had dreamed of.

It was what he had been thinking about all the way here.

That he wanted to live like that with Judith. That it would seem more valuable than this splendid Marquis position.

But Huyd and Judith were living like that?

Just imagining it made his stomach feel like it was turning inside out. His blood dried up completely, and his nerves, sharpened from not sleeping well for so long, became even more on edge.

His heart beat anxiously along with a headache that felt like his head would split.

‘Please.’

Ekian thought while gasping for breath.

‘Please let it not be true. Please…’

They even seemed to live under the same roof, so if the two were staying here together, sharing daily commute times and meals together…

Moreover, Judith had been pregnant.

No matter how uninterested she had been in Huyd, if Huyd constantly took care of her when she was psychologically unstable, her heart could have turned to him.

He continued to follow Huyd’s bicycle while hiding his presence.

Huyd pedaled hard and then stopped again in front of a flower shop.

“Excuse me.”

Hesitating, Huyd spoke to the flower shop girl.

“The roses are pretty. How much are they?”

“You’re going to give them to Teacher Yus? Good thinking!”

The flower shop girl also smiled brightly with a face that showed she knew them.

The flower shop girl, who was wrapping the flowers, tilted her head.

“But why do you look like that? You have a somewhat displeased expression?”

“No, it’s just… the back of my neck feels hot and I have a strangely bad feeling.”

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