I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 77

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Ekian slowly opened his eyes.

His vision was completely white and stuffy. Only after a moment did the memory come back.

“I’ll cover this.”

That gentle voice.

“Then I won’t be able to see you until the end.”

The warmth that softly enveloped him.

“Promise me. Until you show yourself to me, I absolutely won’t look. So don’t worry. I understand well the feeling of having a secret you want to keep.”

He had held Judith, who lost consciousness first, and felt her heartbeat. He couldn’t help but listen to her bold words about wanting to have him. He had promised to grant her anything she wanted from the beginning, and more than anything…

More than anything, he couldn’t stop himself. He wanted to have her too. In fact, he probably knew it since that night’s kiss. That they could never return to their previous relationship, and that someday he would inevitably release the desires he had been building up inside.

From the moment he was alone with her in this annex, he had been barely suppressing the lust that was boiling throughout his body. Throwing his whole body into her clumsy request was inevitable.

As he was holding her limp body tightly, Judith weakly raised her hand and covered him with the towel that had been covering her.

He liked her scent, so he closed his eyes without resistance and fell asleep while holding her.

But now there was nothing he could feel in his arms.

He sat up abruptly without realizing it. There was no trace of Judith. Only a note was written on the nightstand.

[I’ll go first. I think the coachman is coming.]

Ekian frowned.

Really… she left like this?

“What?”

The Emperor quickly received a report about what happened at the garden party.

Normally it wouldn’t have been such an important matter, but because of the talk about Anais having five lovers, it quickly reached the Emperor’s ears.

The Emperor wanted to hear more about what happened at the garden party, and the informant immediately told him everything that had happened before.

“I see.”

The Emperor’s brow furrowed.

He quickly grasped the situation. Anais, jealous of Judith, had planned to seriously humiliate her using the imperial command as an excuse, but was counter-attacked and ended up being the one humiliated instead.

Having heard everything from his cherished lover’s first love to stories about his lover’s lovers, the Emperor’s mood couldn’t be good.

“…Clever.”

“Pardon?”

“That woman, Judith Meius.”

The Emperor muttered lowly.

“She must have calculated even that I would be displeased. To counter-attack to that extent in that situation, and ultimately even win the Crown Princess’s favor. Wasn’t she already connected with that Master of the Information Guild or whatever?”

“Ah…”

The informant held his breath and rolled his eyes. He was afraid because he didn’t know when the Emperor might express his anger. The Emperor, who had thrown down his wine cup, frowned.

“She’s definitely not a woman who would be helpful.”

The Emperor muttered lowly. Then he asked the informant again.

“I told you to find out all information about that woman.”

“Ah, here it is.”

He was the Emperor of the Empire. Therefore, the quality was completely different from the information Anais had gathered in the capital.

The Emperor’s eyes narrowed as he read the report the informant handed him.

“But that woman visited the Shrine of the Last Shaman… and something strange happened there?”

“Yes. After Judith Meius’s visit, the shaman’s shrine collapsed and fell down.”

The Last Shaman.

It was an ominous name for the Emperor. Even thinking about her made his sleep restless.

He feared nothing, and rather enjoyed the results whenever he did vicious things. However, the Last Shaman’s curse was somewhat eerie.

Nevertheless, his illegitimate child was worth keeping alive. Would that illegitimate child indeed grow up as Ben Meius’s son as the curse foretold, and bring down Ben Meius?

Of course, that word ‘father’ could also mean himself, the biological father. But even so, the curse would not be realized. Because there was power in the Imperial Family’s name.

Unless a member of the Imperial Family directly called their name and acknowledged them as blood relatives, they would not be bound by family language.

So no matter how terrible the curse, the power dwelling in the Imperial Family’s name would protect him.

Nevertheless, the Last Shaman’s eyes that remained in his memory were very ominous. And thinking that Judith might be connected to that Last Shaman made his mood even worse.

Because the Last Shaman had died wishing for the Emperor’s downfall until the end.

Because her hatred and anger were so tremendous that she even cursed her own son.

“This doesn’t feel good.”

Originally he had intended to investigate lightly, but Judith’s existence was becoming more and more bothersome.

“After this woman entered the Meius Mansion, Bart was discovered… The poisoning also came to nothing.”

His eyes were sharp as he traced back the dates.

“Anyway, Ekian Meius has also returned. Now there will be exchanges with the Crown Princess too.”

An alliance between the Meius Ducal House and the Crown Prince’s side was definitely not welcome news.

“For now, it would be good to set off a bomb in the Meius Ducal House. While dealing with this bothersome woman.”

“Are you planning to deal with Judith Meius Marquise?”

“Yes.”

The Emperor flipped through the report.

“This should work.”

And he pointed decisively at one sentence in the report.

“I have a schedule to go to Aarten soon.”

The Emperor’s eyes curved narrowly.

“Before returning to the Imperial Palace, I’d like this matter about this woman to be finished.”

“Judith!”

Isabella, who had been restless, came running from the Duke’s Mansion garden.

“Were you alright? Hm?”

“Oh, yes. Of course.”

Judith smiled brightly and showed her shopping bags.

“I was in such a good mood that I did lots of shopping. It felt so good to go out after such a long time.”

It was fortunate that Master was sleeping in the small room.

Judith had opened her eyes first and immediately ran out. Her whole body was a mess, so she thought she needed to wash again.

She barely managed to wash with her trembling legs. Then she sat in the yard and waited, and as soon as the coachman came with shopping bags, she didn’t even let him come in and left the annex.

After that, she had an appointment with Melanie, so she sent a letter to Huyd’s mailbox and came straight to the Duke’s Mansion.

‘Really… I think I really went crazy…’

It was a different experience from the soft, soul-stealing kisses. She had simultaneously experienced pain that felt like her whole body was being pierced and pleasure that resonated throughout her body.

“St-stop… stop…”

“I’m sorry. But just a little more.”

The coaxing voice was gentle, but it didn’t spare Judith’s circumstances. Unlike what she had vaguely read in romance novels, she couldn’t think at all. Her body was tormented to the point of being tattered, and in the end she really lost consciousness.

In fact, her legs were still shaking under her dress. Honestly, if she had known it would be this physically demanding, she wouldn’t have recklessly begged to ‘have him.’

“Judith… You look so pale.”

Isabella sighed deeply while looking at her face.

“You seem very tired.”

Yes… I’m very tired…

Judith muttered only to herself, suffering from strange guilt.

“What on earth happened? You even went shopping, which you never do.”

There really was something I never did before…

“Let’s go inside first. Let’s talk inside.”

Judith nodded and entered the Duke’s Mansion with Isabella.

In fact, on the carriage ride to the Duke’s Mansion, Judith had already made up her mind.

No, from the moment she told Master ‘I want to have you.’

‘Let’s ask for a divorce.’

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