I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 26

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Judith rolled around on the bed quite ridiculously.

“M-Master.”

She should have just stayed still, but she tried to get up for no reason… Judith flailed around like an overturned turtle. A moment of silence passed in that state.

Master looked down at the struggling Judith and asked as if dumbfounded.

“…What exactly are you doing right now?”

“Well, you see…”

Judith was ridiculously tangled in the blanket and whimpered.

“I drank too much alcohol. When I drink too much, my body loses all its strength.”

This was also why she hadn’t gotten up when seeing Huyd off earlier.

When she exceeded her drinking limit, her body would lose all strength. Once she lay down on the bed in that state, she couldn’t get up.

No matter how hard she tried to struggle, the blanket just wrapped around her body more, making things even more difficult.

Master asked with a menacing atmosphere while unable to hide his flustered tone.

“Ha. Why did you drink so much with a man you just met?”

“Just met? We’re colleagues.”

“Colleagues?”

“If earning money and making a living at the Meius Estate doesn’t make us colleagues, then what does? I’m always working alone, so when I met someone in a similar situation and we got along well, I drank a bit. But could you help me up?”

“Working alone? Haven’t you been working together with me?”

“That’s more of a business partner concept, not really a colleague concept. Anyway, could you help me up?”

“Ha, really. The business partner listening to this feels hurt. Then was coming into the Meius Mansion together also just a business partner concept?”

“Ah, come on!”

Judith let out a sharp cry.

“If you don’t want to help me up, at least remove this damn blanket! It keeps wrapping around my body and I feel like I’m going to throw up!”

Then Master cried out in horror.

“Don’t throw up on someone else’s bed!”

“What are you saying? Instead of worrying about someone else’s bed, worry about your business partner!”

“Ha, really…”

Master strode over and began removing the blanket that was wrapped around Judith’s body.

‘Huh? Uh oh…’

But every time his hands brushed against her body, she felt a little strange.

Judith was sprawled on the bed, and he was just carefully removing the blanket from her body, but…

“Ahaha.”

Her indoor clothes were even rather thin, so Judith couldn’t stand the awkwardness and said.

“This is really… the picture looks strange. On someone else’s bed…”

“…”

She had said it to ease the awkwardness a bit, but it became even more awkward.

He sighed quietly with displeasure while untangling the blanket and said.

“Judith, I told you to wear a shawl.”

“What shawl in this heat?”

“Drinking alone with a man dressed like this…”

“We didn’t start drinking from the beginning, you know? We were talking and got along well, so we ended up having a drink or two.”

“Wouldn’t it be even worse if you planned to drink from the start?”

“Ah, your nagging is insane! I’m an adult, you know?”

“You haven’t been an adult for very long, have you? When did you start drinking alcohol?”

“Today is probably the second time?”

“So you drank alone with a man in an enclosed space without even knowing your drinking limit properly?”

Just then, Judith’s blanket was completely removed.

“Phew…”

Master sighed and slumped down on the bed as if completely drained.

A moment of silence passed. Judith looked at him while lying down.

“Master.”

“…Yes.”

“Want to lie down next to me?”

“Excuse me?”

“Well, we should talk at the same eye level, but I can’t sit up right now.”

Master’s mask looked down at Judith quietly as if asking what nonsense she was talking about. She scratched her cheek awkwardly and said.

“Well, Master looked like you were in a bad mood.”

“…What?”

“You just get a feeling about these things, you know. You looked really upset from the beginning. Is something wrong?”

Master gave no answer. Judith smiled slightly and said.

“Of course you don’t have to tell me, but if you’re alone, you’ll probably feel worse… Let’s just chat about trivial things.”

Master remained silent without saying anything.

Seeing that he didn’t seem to dislike it, Judith grabbed his arm and pulled him down. He pretended to give in and lay down next to her.

“Judith.”

“Yes?”

“Don’t drink alcohol from now on. Especially not with that doctor Huyd.”

“Why not?”

“Won’t you end up asking to lie side by side on a bed like this? Men will naturally misunderstand this kind of situation.”

“Hey, I don’t do this with just any man. Master is a business partner I’ve known for a long time, and you looked especially upset, so I’m giving you special service.”

“…You asked me to lie on someone else’s bed?”

“Does it look that way? Well, I do feel a bit sorry for Young Duke Ekian.”

She giggled and laughed.

“Since it looks like I secretly brought in an outside man and made him lie on the bed…”

Then Master let out a small laugh. Judith hit his arm and smiled as if to say ‘see?’

“See?”

“What?”

“Now you’re laughing a bit. Even if it’s silly talk, being with someone and chattering makes you feel a little better, right?”

“…Ah.”

Master groaned quietly for a moment. Then he muttered bitterly.

“That’s right, Judith.”

His voice had sunk endlessly low.

“Actually, until just now I thought I’d never be able to laugh again, but I already laughed.”

What expression was he making behind that mask? Judith wondered as she blinked slowly.

“Maybe subconsciously, I knew that being with you, Judith, would be like this…”

Master continued after a long silence.

“…I must have come to you without realizing it, knowing it would be like this.”

Judith looked at him and smiled broadly. Though she didn’t tell him, she too had many days when she was sick or in a bad mood. During those times, she had thought it would be nice if someone would just lie next to her and share their body warmth like this.

Even when the difficult day waiting upon opening her eyes felt overwhelming, there were times when she prayed that it would be fine if things got a little harder than now, as long as she had just one person to share it with.

When Huyd mentioned his seven siblings, she suddenly felt lonely thinking that she didn’t even have anyone to be responsible for.

Perhaps because she had been drinking, she had become rather sentimental that night. Judith couldn’t just let Master leave, and so they shared truly meaningless conversation for a long time.

It was really conversation with no substance. Just repetitions of things like how funny it would be if the owner of this room saw this mess. Master played along, saying “It would certainly be something they never imagined.”

While having such conversations, Judith fell asleep first.

When she opened her eyes at dawn, Master had already left, and Judith’s body was carefully covered with a blanket.

“Oh, my goodness.”

She blinked and muttered as soon as she got up.

“I forgot to ask him to look into the Soden Marquis Family.”

That was why she had wanted to meet Master again!

“Well, is it okay?”

Judith tilted her head as she struggled to get up.

“Huyd said he’d deliver a letter today, right?”

That morning.

Huyd woke up early in the morning and was on his way to purchase medicinal herbs and deliver Judith’s letters.

Having lived as a diligent commoner, he had no concept of having servants handle such simple letter errands.

Most of them were houses where Judith had worked as a tutor. Those families were delighted as soon as they received Judith’s letter.

“That teacher was very diligent. She taught really well too.”

“Our child was going through a rough patch, but she was a teacher who comforted them very well.”

“We’re so sorry she quit. It’s hard to find someone like that again…”

Judith’s reputation among the parents was extremely good.

Hearing such evaluations, Huyd felt his own mood lifting. Perhaps it was because he was hearing assessments from other people who had spent a long time with her, but even though he hadn’t known this woman for long, he already felt much closer to her.

Well, she seemed like a woman who would excel at anything. Smart, warm, pretty, and kind.

One parent even treated Huyd to snacks, thanking him for delivering the letter.

‘As I thought, she’s a good person. Judith is.’

Delivering the letters wasn’t tiring at all. It seemed to be because he could encounter traces of Judith.

And the last letter was…

‘Grey Information Guild? Did she work at a place like this too?’

Huyd entered the somewhat shabby alley without much thought. Having only diligently attended the Medical Academy, this was his first visit to an information guild.

‘Information Guild? A place that sells information, right?’

He had heard somewhere that such places existed. But what kind of information do people buy here? They must buy information about things they’re curious about, right?

‘Ah.’

Huyd’s eyes widened as he thought.

‘Then maybe I could also ask for some information about how to win the heart of a woman I’m interested in?’

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