I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 63

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Ekian was startled by the situation before his eyes.

“Judith?”

He helped the staggering Judith sit back down at the table. Only then did he notice the wine bottle and glass on the table.

“What happened here? Why are you so drunk?”

He could tell at a glance that Judith was completely intoxicated. Her flushed face, slightly unfocused eyes, the sweet scent of alcohol wafting from her, and even her reddened nape.

“Ah.”

Judith answered with a grin.

“I’m not drunk at all.”

She seemed drunk, completely.

Much more than when she had been drinking with Huyd before.

“It’s just half a bottle of wine. I only had a taste. I was fine drinking this much before.”

“Do you know that different wines have different alcohol contents?”

“What’s alcohol content?”

Ekian checked the wine bottle with a look of despair. It was a wine famous for being particularly strong among wines.

“No, I was just trying to taste it.”

Judith mumbled as if making an excuse.

“I was going to serve it to a guest, so it couldn’t taste bad. But it was ambiguous, so I kept sipping.”

“When did I ever ask for alcohol?”

“You did, didn’t you?”

Judith smiled brightly.

“You scolded me so much for drinking with Huyd.”

Ekian had nothing to say to that.

“You were upset. So let’s have a good time together too…”

Judith smiled with her eyes. Watching her, Ekian let out a deep sigh. It seemed like he should never let her drink strong alcohol anywhere.

He could only fervently hope that Huyd wouldn’t see her like this. She was lovely when drunk and smiling bashfully, and her slightly slurred pronunciation was cute.

“By the way.”

Judith said while pouring alcohol into his glass.

“What did Anais say?”

“Is this really a situation where we can talk?”

Ekian asked with an incredulous laugh.

“Is this really a situation where we can discuss such important matters?”

“What’s wrong with it?”

Judith glared at him as if protesting.

“I told you I’m fine. And we met to talk about that. Honestly, I was curious.”

“Well, it is our most important business.”

Ekian took a sip of the alcohol Judith offered him. It had good flavor but was quite strong. It made sense that she would get drunk drinking this quickly.

“Anais is preparing a scandal about you.”

“Oh my.”

“It seems she was planning to frame you for already having an illegitimate child with one of the parents from the houses where you worked as a tutor. She would get a child from an orphanage and bribe the parent.”

Judith’s eyes widened. It was more vicious than she had thought. Moreover, if they claimed she had a child a few years ago, she would have been a minor.

“It would certainly damage the honor of the Meius Ducal House.”

Judith murmured.

“If that incident broke after Mother publicly declared her affection for me in high society… Meius would become a laughingstock, and not knowing about it beforehand would also become a source of ridicule.”

Even so, she tilted her head.

“But that wouldn’t be a devastating blow. She must have just disliked me too.”

“Is that something to say so calmly?”

“Well, I thought it could happen.”

Judith drooped her head dejectedly.

“If she had just waited a little. Then I would have divorced and left anyway, so there would be nothing to envy…”

“Well, anyway.”

Ekian firmly cut off those words.

“We contacted the parents first and sabotaged that plan, and ultimately made them approach me so we could learn their purpose. Now Anais wants me to play that role.”

“Master?”

“Yes.”

Ekian explained with a serious face.

“The story would be that there was a hidden child with the Master of the Information Guild who had been coming and going since the family’s downfall.”

“Good heavens.”

“Haven’t you and I officially encountered each other several times even after Judith entered the Meius Ducal House? So she probably judged me to be a good target for creating an even more trashy scandal.”

That was true.

Judith and Master had officially met once at the Last Shaman’s House, and had met until the day before she entered the Meius Mansion. Even yesterday, hadn’t Judith visited him directly?

“She wanted me to expose that I was your hidden lover, still continuing our relationship.”

“Huh…”

Judith seemed at a loss for words and gaped.

Ekian too had been momentarily flustered by Anais’s proposal. Anais had essentially asked Judith’s current husband to play the role of her lover.

If he went along with that, it would ultimately mean framing Judith for falsely carrying her child twice. It was truly an absurd situation.

“That woman Anais seemed extremely vicious and willing to use any means necessary.”

Ekian said with a furrowed brow.

“She even gave orders to get caught having a secret meeting with you for a sensational situation. For me to force myself on you somehow.”

“No, she’s really crazy…”

Just as Judith was slowly opening her mouth.

Knock knock, suddenly there was a knocking sound.

“Sister-in-law?”

Ekian’s heart dropped for a moment.

“It’s Karl.”

Judith’s eyes also widened like saucers.

No, why was Karl here in the middle of the night! By now, Karl should have been asleep!

“Since the light is on so late… are you perhaps upset because of brother?”

Ekian and Judith exchanged panicked glances.

It seemed Karl had come to comfort Judith, thinking too poorly of his ‘brother who got her pregnant, ran away, then returned a few days later only to stay out all night again.’

Ekian quickly covered Judith’s mouth as she was about to respond.

“You can’t.”

And he whispered so it couldn’t be heard outside.

“Right now, anyone can see you’re drunk. Do you want to advertise to the manor that a pregnant woman is drinking?”

“Then what should we do?”

Judith rolled her panicked eyes and quickly said.

“Then hide for now! Make it look like no one’s here!”

Ekian nodded. And he quickly put the wine bottle and glass into a drawer.

“Sister-in-law?”

Meanwhile, Karl knocked several more times.

“Sister-in-law? Are you alright?”

Judith quickly wrote a note. It was simple content saying ‘couldn’t sleep so went for a walk.’

Then she grabbed Ekian’s arm and pushed the bookshelf.

“Sister-in-law! Nothing’s wrong, is there? I’m coming in for a moment!”

As Karl’s voice became urgent, the two entered the secret passage.

Closing the secret passage door and the room door opening happened almost simultaneously.

Ekian and Judith were pressed together in the secret passage, almost squeezing their bodies in. Through the gap, they could see Karl entering the room and muttering ‘Hmm? She’s not here?’

They couldn’t move at all, feeling like any sound would give them away.

“Huh? A walk?”

Karl checked the note on the table. Judith and Ekian held their breath and stayed still. The passage was narrow and dark, so the two were almost embracing.

“If it’s a walk, where did she go?”

Karl tilted his head and even went to the window to look outside. The loud beating of their hearts could be felt by each other completely.

There had definitely been times like this before. When they were hiding in Karl’s room.

Even then it seemed quite difficult, but now….

‘What is this?’

Ekian was extremely flustered for a moment.

‘Why… why is this happening?’

He had clearly received and drunk the drug from Sandra. Even until this afternoon, he felt no desire when looking at Judith.

And according to her, there was still a very long time left until the effects wore off!

Why was his desire expanding so blatantly right now?

“Sister-in-law must be upset.”

Karl mumbled gloomily in the midst of all this and didn’t leave the room.

“I should at least leave her a letter.”

Then he sat at the table and began scribbling something on a memo pad. It seemed like he wouldn’t be leaving for a long time.

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