I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 62

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“Please go up.”

The smooth man at the entrance guided Anais.

“Master is waiting for you.”

Anais, who had already finished her preliminary investigation, smiled with satisfaction.

‘They said Master doesn’t meet just anyone.’

Following the guidance into the connected room, she confidently looked around.

‘Didn’t they say Judith Meius stopped by earlier? There’s definitely a relationship between Judith and him.’

It was when she slowly took her seat.

Without even sensing his presence, a man was suddenly sitting in front of her. It must be Master.

He wore a mask that completely concealed his face. However, his quite good build and tall stature couldn’t be hidden, so Anais immediately noticed that he was a male with considerable masculine charm.

‘Oh ho.’

Anais smiled inwardly. It seemed like she had caught a bigger fish than expected.

“Good day, Countess.”

The man slowly opened his mouth. His voice had no inflection, as if he was openly hiding his identity.

“Please call me Anais.”

Anais said with a coy smile.

“Since we’ll be getting close soon.”

“Very well.”

The man readily nodded. Anais deliberately smiled coquettishly as she took out a checkbook from her bag.

“Good. Let’s do business first. I’ve done my background research on you too.”

Taking the initiative was important in such matters. She asked leisurely.

“How much do you need?”

Master slowly took the checkbook. Then he picked up a fountain pen and wrote down a number.

‘Huh.’

It was quite a large amount.

But nothing could control people like a large sum of money. Anais nodded without even attempting to negotiate.

“Fine, this much is nothing.”

“Impressive.”

The man crossed his legs as if interested.

“So, what would you like to commission?”

Anais twisted her lips into a smile. She liked how quickly things were moving.

“Oh my, how long has it been since he came home.”

That evening.

Isabella muttered with displeasure.

“Already staying out overnight, isn’t that too much? Hmm? He should spend time with his family and sleep at home, shouldn’t he?”

Meanwhile, Judith was inwardly surprised. This evening, Ekian’s letter had suddenly arrived. It said he wouldn’t be coming home tonight because he was planning to have a party at a close friend’s house.

“A child who doesn’t even like parties… No, he didn’t become a delinquent during those 5 years and come back, did he?”

Then Karl clenched both fists and fumed.

“A party, is he really crazy? Leaving his pregnant wife and unborn child for a party? And staying out overnight?”

Isabella’s expression instantly hardened. Not only her, but even Judith and Ben became uncomfortable.

“This is unacceptable.”

Karl’s eyes flashed.

“I didn’t know my brother was such an irresponsible man. I’ve been trying so hard to educate him properly!”

Karl had indeed diligently educated Ekian. Perhaps thinking it would be unfair to Judith if he got along too well with Ekian, he constantly nagged and lectured. Even when Judith broke out in cold sweat saying she was really fine, the child’s pure worry and admonishments only increased day by day.

“Just wait until he comes back tomorrow.”

Karl gritted his teeth and stamped his feet.

“I really won’t let this slide. They say being hurt during pregnancy lasts a lifetime, I really don’t know what he’s thinking!”

Judith inwardly apologized to Ekian again. But this couldn’t be helped.

An attack on Judith now directly affected Meius.

Judith truly didn’t care much about whatever Anais did to her. She couldn’t frame her for non-existent debts anyway, nor could she kill or harm her. She just hoped the Meius Ducal House wouldn’t suffer any damage.

‘Whatever she does to me, even if it leads to divorce…’

What worried her a bit was that the original story she knew and reality had already changed too much.

It was now difficult to solve anything using her knowledge of the future. Anais’s appearance was even more unpredictable.

‘Wasn’t she originally supposed to torment the Crown Princess? But that arrow came to me first.’

But in that troublesome situation, Master had stepped forward again.

“Today, I’ve arranged to meet her soon.”

Without her even asking, he had already handled everything in advance. Judith couldn’t believe it.

Honestly speaking, Master and she only had a transactional relationship. Naturally, they were close, and in a way, they had mutual affection, so he could warn Judith when such things happened.

But to move first like this? Simply because she seemed like a threat to her?

Especially since Master really didn’t meet people often. He solved things through his subordinates whenever possible.

The fact that he personally stepped forward meant it was quite troublesome and very serious. It also meant he was paying attention to this matter.

She felt deeply moved once again. It was similar to the emotion she felt when he rushed to her at the Last Shaman’s House.

The fact that Master considered this natural, that he stepped forward as if it were his own business, made her more and more grateful the more she thought about it. It felt like having someone completely on her side for the first time.

‘It’s certain. Who would go this far for a woman they don’t even like.’

Judith thought, unable to contain her fluttering heart.

‘Master likes me too. There’s no doubt about it.’

The romance books she’d been devouring lately said so. Trust a man’s actions rather than his words. Master’s actions were clear.

So Judith briefly stopped by the kitchen before entering her room.

“Um…”

She said shyly.

“I’ll just browse the ingredients for a moment before I go.”

The kitchen servants naturally smiled and said they understood. She glanced at the people while looking around, then secretly took a bottle of quite good-looking wine.

Huyd had once brought alcohol from the kitchen like this before. After that, they had quite an enjoyable conversation and became much closer.

‘He must have been jealous then. I’m sure of it.’

Didn’t he say so today too?

“Huyd Soden at least got to drink alcohol, but I haven’t received anything all this time, have I?”

And that twice.

“Anyway, wasn’t that ‘good conversation time’ with alcohol more important?”

Therefore, Judith planned to prepare ‘good conversation time with alcohol’ for Master today. It had been quite a while, hadn’t it?

So she headed to her room with the bottle carefully hidden.

When would he come?

Master hadn’t set a specific time. So she had to wait indefinitely.

Perhaps because it had been so long, time passed too slowly. He probably wouldn’t come very late, but her waiting heart kept growing anxious.

‘Hmm, why is this so awkward.’

Not knowing what to wear, she put on ambiguous clothes that were neither indoor wear nor outdoor wear. Even then, Judith paced back and forth in her room alone, her gaze falling on the wine bottle.

‘Will it be delicious? Did I choose a good one?’

She naturally knew nothing about alcohol. Back then, she had happily drunk it because Huyd said it was ‘delicious and good.’

‘It should be fine.’

Being in the position of host made her feel restless. Unable to resist, she took a small sip to taste it.

‘Hmm, is it okay?’

It was somewhat ambiguous.

‘One sip isn’t enough to tell.’

Judith tilted her head slightly and took another sip. Still ambiguous, so she sipped again, and again, and again.

‘Hmm, since it keeps going down, it seems okay.’

And not long after.

“Hmm?”

The bookshelf opened and Master appeared.

“…Master, what’s happening? Why are you appearing double?”

She tried to stand up to greet him properly. But suddenly the floor came up and she swayed, and Master rushed out to catch her.

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