I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 76

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Ekian flinched inwardly.

It was true that when he first encountered Judith, he had impulsively thought, ‘I don’t know. I just hope Judith forgot about it in her drunkenness.’ He hadn’t wanted any awkward words of rejection or uncomfortable atmosphere to flow between them.

But after that, he had completely forgotten that thought, leaving only disappointment behind.

“So I just pretended not to know for your sake.”

Judith narrowed her eyes as she replied.

“But then why are you scolding me for pretending not to know?”

Come to think of it, his response was rather weak.

“I acted tactfully according to what Master wanted.”

There was a hint of reproach in Judith’s voice.

Well, from Judith’s perspective, she might think that way. But from Ekian’s standpoint, since the Master identity would disappear anyway, rationally speaking, it was right to bury that incident.

But as always, when he stood before Judith, his rationality seemed to fly away.

‘Ah.’

Ekian realized once again.

‘I’m disappointed because Judith is rational.’

His heart and mind were at odds, his emotions jumping incomprehensibly, confused and wavering back and forth, while Judith was always consistently rational.

It seemed to speak to the difference in their feelings.

“Why do you act so tactfully and considerately?”

“Pardon?”

“You must have desires too. Why do you only act according to what the other person wants after something like that happens?”

“Ah…”

“While my head thought it would be better to pretend not to know, my heart is acting so willfully and thrashing about disgracefully like this. Was that incident so trivial to Judith that you didn’t mind accommodating what others wanted?”

“It wasn’t trivial…”

Judith lowered her eyes and sighed deeply.

“It’s just… I’ve always lived that way…”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I’ve lived as a daughter with no presence to my parents, as a competent teacher to other parents, and as a diligent employee at the Meius Mansion. Acting as I please is difficult for me.”

Ekian was momentarily speechless.

Thinking about it, Judith had always been like that.

I adapt to anything, I accommodate anything well, I accept anything well…

She was so bright, cheerful, and lively that he sometimes forgot her true nature. She certainly had things she wanted to do, handled matters proactively, and had her own opinions, but at her core, she was a woman who could shake everything off, give up, and leave at any time.

“Judith, you are.”

The humid bathroom was filled with Judith’s scent.

“Like a child who plays happily with a toy, but the moment someone says ‘put that down,’ immediately gets up, shakes it off, and leaves forever without looking back.”

He murmured as if intoxicated.

“…Don’t do that.”

Ekian slowly lowered her legs. Then he supported the waist of her collapsed form wrapped in a towel. Eventually, they ended up with their bodies overlapping.

“Don’t do that to me. If you want something, tell me you want it. If you want to play more, beg me to let you play more. At least, turn around once for me.”

“Master, your words are too difficult.”

“What did you want to do?”

Ekian asked with interest rather than lust.

“Tell me. What did you want to do when you met me the day after we kissed?”

“…”

“Don’t try to infer what I want, tell me what you want.”

Judith blinked her green eyes slowly while held in his arms.

He could feel everything—the pounding heartbeat, the reddened ears, the body temperature wet and clinging from the water. Ekian felt dizzy and blood rushing, making him lose his senses.

“That…”

Judith moved her lips slightly before speaking.

“If I tell you… will you listen?”

“Anything.”

Ekian answered immediately.

“I’d like it if you could just be a demanding child in front of me.”

“…”

“Because I’ll grant everything.”

Tears slightly welled up in Judith’s eyes. She took a slow deep breath before speaking.

“Actually, I hoped you wouldn’t pretend not to know.”

Ekian’s heart dropped with a thud.

“I wanted to have a conversation. Of course, I’m currently Ekian Meius’s wife on paper, but we’re definitely getting divorced anyway, and it wasn’t really a normal marriage either… I wanted to ask if that night was really wrong. Since it’s something I can’t talk to others about.”

“It was absolutely not wrong. I can assure you that you have no reason to feel guilty.”

“And if that’s really true…”

Judith breathed heavily. Then she murmured shyly.

“When I wasn’t drunk, I wanted to try it once more.”

Ekian felt like he’d been hit hard in the head.

“That feeling was really… good, so I was curious if it was because of the alcohol or not, and um. Also…”

Judith whispered in a barely audible voice.

“Actually, I like you.”

Is this what they mean by feeling unreal? Judith raised her hand to touch his mask.

“I don’t know anything about you, but anyway, I do.”

Ekian couldn’t say anything at all. Judith quickly added.

“I don’t want to hear your answer. I don’t want to hear it right now. But if you’ll really listen to everything I say…”

Her hand that had been touching the mask slipped down and untied his cravat. She covered her own eyes with that cravat.

Just like that time Ekian had recalled so many times.

“Can you do it once more? It wouldn’t be for the purpose of reducing pain like that night, but…”

With her eyes covered, she removed his mask. Ekian couldn’t avoid her touch. It had been the same then.

Taking in the sight of her breathing heavily was like going mad. He said in a low voice.

“May I correct one fact from that time?”

“Was there something to correct?”

“No man’s pain is reduced by just a kiss. That night, the pain didn’t actually decrease.”

“Huh? Really?”

“Actually, kissing you made it more painful. It even hurt.”

Judith moved her lips in confusion. Ekian lifted her up in his arms.

“But it was good despite that.”

Carrying her, he left the bathroom and headed to the small room. They hurriedly lay down on the bed with their bodies overlapping.

Then he immediately pressed his lips to hers. Their body heat mixed, thirsty yet gentle. He pulled and stirred, penetrating deeply. Only when Judith’s breathing became rough did he part his lips and whisper.

“It means I didn’t do such things to reduce pain.”

Judith asked while wrapping her arms around his neck.

“Then are you in pain now too?”

“…Terribly.”

“Then today…”

The towel wrapped around her body slipped away smoothly.

“I hope you can be comfortable today.”

The muscles in Ekian’s arm supporting her shoulder tensed.

“I want to have you, and I want to play with you more.”

Judith said quietly while breathing heavily.

“I thought you were mine alone, but at today’s garden party, it felt like you became every woman’s, and I hated it. It seemed like you became someone attractive to everyone, like the side of you I saw was just a tiny part… and among those women, I seemed the most shabby.”

“That’s not true. In that place, I could only see you.”

“I’ve never said things like this before, so I wanted to have more pieces of you that no one else knows.”

Judith, who had poured out her confession calmly, took a deep breath and asked carefully.

“Is this how I’m supposed to be demanding?”

“…Yes.”

At her words that somehow carried a hint of pitifulness, Ekian swallowed her lips once more. Along with the towel, the clothes Ekian was wearing also began falling to the floor with soft thuds.

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