I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 130

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He fidgeted with his hands in the meantime, gently interlocking their fingers before seating her beside him.

“Were you very surprised or anything… No, how did you even get out in the first place?”

“I wasn’t surprised and the baby is fine too. Even in all that chaos, I tried my best to maintain peace of mind for the baby’s sake. And…”

Judith primly added as she pulled away their interlocked fingers one by one.

“While it’s true that all the people in the Marquis’ domain are under you, don’t forget that I was the one who established myself here first.”

Each time she pulled away a finger, Ekian let out a pained groan. Still, knowing he couldn’t force her, he didn’t apply any pressure.

“That means there are many people here who are on my side.”

And Judith slowly stood up and sat in the chair across from Ekian. Ekian let out a light sigh as he looked at her.

“You need to know how much you unsettle me.”

Ekian muttered in a hoarse voice.

“Just moving a little distance away makes me feel like my heart has fallen out.”

“I see.”

Meeting his somewhat gloomy eyes, Judith sat up straight and smiled brightly.

“You were much farther away from the capital to here.”

Ekian immediately apologized.

“I’m truly sorry about that. Sincerely.”

Then he muttered, ‘I can’t win, I can’t win…’

Judith took a deep breath for a moment and immediately asked.

“Why did you leave the capital that day without saying a word to me, leaving only a single letter? Was there something so urgent?”

“…”

“Was it something related to my mother? Is that why you didn’t tell me until the end?”

“I don’t know what to answer. Unlike you, I’m a rather despicable person.”

Ekian looked into her eyes and tapped the table with his fingers, tap, tap.

Before long, his gaze filled with persistent desire seemed as if it would pierce right through her.

“Half wanting to somehow make you indebted to me so you can’t leave me. Half not wanting you to get hurt.”

“…”

“But sitting face to face like this, I feel like I won’t be able to let you go no matter what… I want to induce even your guilt and keep you locked by my side unconditionally. What should I do.”

“What do you mean what should you do. Don’t calculate in your head while creating atmosphere for nothing, just tell me the truth.”

Judith immediately retorted.

“The situation has gotten this far because you haven’t been able to do that until now.”

Ekian seemed at a loss for words and only let out sighs.

Judith continued with her arms crossed.

“Didn’t you see me pass by my mother earlier without stopping? You can say anything. Really, I have nothing more to hope for and nothing to be shocked by anymore.”

“…”

“I’ve really overcome it. Honestly, I couldn’t before, but now I really have.”

Ekian gazed at her intently. Then he slowly spoke.

“Elizabeth Dail tried to kill you and frame the Meius Marquis family. Actually, I wanted to arrive before the former Emperor’s retainers, so I left immediately upon learning that fact…”

Throughout his explanation, Ekian watched Judith’s reaction, but her face remained utterly calm. It was truly the face of someone who was fine.

“I was only half successful, so Ron Dale ended up going to you after all. If I had hurried a bit more, I could have prevented even that.”

“Ah.”

“Still, I wanted to prevent your birth mother from making contact with you somehow.”

Judith stared directly at Ekian. Then she quietly asked.

“Why?”

At that question, Ekian fell silent as if choosing his words.

Though it shouldn’t have been difficult to answer, he remained silent for quite a long time.

Judith waited patiently. Only after some more time passed did Ekian open his mouth.

“Judith, do you know this? I always waited for the perfect timing. I wanted to confess perfectly when I had everything in place. But because of my greed, I made the situation like this, as you said.”

Judith was slightly surprised, having expected something like ‘because your birth mother is wicked’ or ‘I was afraid it would hurt you too much’ or ‘because I know you well.’

“I acknowledge that, I regret it, so though I’m reluctant, I’ll tell you now.”

Looking at Judith whose eyes had grown slightly wider, Ekian confessed in a serious voice.

“I did it because I love you.”

It was the first confession she had heard from his lips.

“That’s the only reason.”

Though she couldn’t know for sure, it must have taken tremendous courage for Ekian.

He was someone who hadn’t even thought of revealing his identity until he could present the magnificent Marquis’ estate and domain as gifts.

Such a man, in this shabby makeshift building, unable to bear the fear that she might leave, had laid bare his heart without a single jewel.

“To be honest, I think you might leave me. I know you’re someone who could do that.”

Despite knowing everything roughly, Judith’s heart pounded fiercely.

Her chest fluttered more than when she had unexpectedly encountered Elizabeth earlier.

“At the same time, I know you’re someone who would accept being forced into the position of Marquis’ wife just because you’re carrying my child. And you would do your best to be worthy of that position. Just like when you sat in the position of the Meius Marquis’ wife.”

Ekian’s voice trembled slightly.

“But… I hope that won’t happen. I’ll try my best to somehow make up for the past, so please stay by my side of your own will.”

As if he couldn’t bear it any longer, he confessed once more.

“Because I love you so, so very much.”

He could have given countless reasons, but the word that came from his lips was ‘love.’

It was a confession Judith hadn’t imagined either. She knew everything, had guessed it all, yet she felt as if she’d been caught off guard.

“Do you know, Judith?”

Ekian smiled gently.

“Thanks to you, I’ve also overcome something right now.”

“What?”

“Confessing with just words when I have nothing was the most difficult thing in the world for me. At least when confessing to Judith, I thought I should be better than Ekian Meius.”

“That’s true.”

Judith nodded.

“Ekian Meius was handsome and had good manners too. I know because I lived with him for a while. He had a good body too. Just casually glancing at his profile as he walked around naturally was like looking at a sculpture.”

“So that’s how it was. But that wasn’t natural. Back then, I made daily efforts to somehow keep you attached to Ekian Meius.”

Then he let out a small curse.

“Damn…”

“What’s wrong all of a sudden?”

“I’m ugly right now… confessing in this state.”

“What?”

“I look much worse than the neat Ekian Meius, don’t I? Unable to sleep, unable to take care of myself, even rolling around outdoors for so long… every time I look in the mirror, some demon is standing there.”

Ekian let out a deep sigh and rubbed his face dry.

“In this state, saying I love you, asking you to accept me… sigh.”

Seeing his voice tremble slightly, he seemed to feel more humiliated than ever before.

“To a woman who had Ekian Meius as her first love, asking her to stay by my side in this state, really…”

“Ah.”

She scratched her cheek and answered innocently.

“That was a lie.”

Now it was Ekian’s eyes that grew wide.

“What?”

“I just made that up before going to the Meius Mansion.”

Judith said with a beaming smile.

“Actually…”

After that, she told Ekian the entire truth.

How she suddenly came to know the future one day, how she entered the Meius Marquis family because of that, how it turned out later to be the Last Shaman’s arrangement.

She revealed everything, including the Last Shaman’s request to ‘make my son happy.’

“So actually, I had never once been interested in Ekian Meius.”

Judith spoke very firmly to clear up the misunderstanding.

Perhaps everything had stemmed from that very lie.

So, while Ekian was too conscious of the false Ekian…

Hmm, in a way, there really were multiple men involved, but they were all the same person.

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