I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 90

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However, there was one thing that neither Elizabeth nor that man knew.

Ron, who had gone out to work, had happened to stop by the house and overheard their entire conversation.

Ron pretended not to know and waited several days. But strangely, Elizabeth didn’t make any particular moves. He subtly probed to see if anything was wrong, but Elizabeth only gave evasive answers and did nothing.

‘Still, she is her daughter after all… Perhaps she’s hesitating now that it comes to actually carrying it out.’

Not knowing about Ekian’s visit that had occurred hours later, Ron could only think this way.

Ron thought he knew Judith’s weaknesses just as well as Elizabeth did. Having been by Elizabeth’s side for so long, he had heard everything she said about Judith.

‘Then I should be the one to act. For our family.’

Ron told Elizabeth he was going to look at new products for the store and left home for several days.

When Ron returned days later, he began secretly embracing Petro and whispering ‘our lord.’ He also frequently left the store to go to major cities or the capital, collecting all sorts of rumors.

Judith agonized greatly over whether to tell Isabella about her pregnancy.

She was the first person to show her affection, someone who had truly felt like family. But in the end, she decided not to tell her.

If Isabella knew this fact, she would worry about Judith excessively.

Given Isabella’s personality, she would immediately arrange for a doctor and constantly worry until the child was born. But Judith herself didn’t feel worthy of receiving such affection.

She was in the situation of being Ekian’s wife on paper while staying at the Duke’s Mansion, yet pregnant with another man’s child. Even knowing Isabella wouldn’t mind, her own heart felt this way.

“Mother, I have something to tell you.”

So as soon as Judith returned to the Duke’s Mansion, she looked at Isabella and said.

“I… I truly want to divorce now.”

Isabella sighed as if regretful, but since this was a conclusion they had already reached last time, she didn’t try to hold Judith back further.

Instead, she smiled gently and answered with a comfortable expression.

“Who knows when that boy Ekian will return… From your perspective, you can’t wait indefinitely either.”

It was permission granted much more generously than Judith had expected.

“Yes, do as you wish. You’re still so young and pretty – you can’t waste even a day of your youth, can you.”

Actually, Judith had truly intended to wait for Ekian’s return. She thought it would be proper to meet him face to face and proceed with the divorce.

But now, propriety aside, she had to make decisions for the child in her womb.

“Life is truly short.”

Despite the somewhat sudden request, Isabella spoke gently.

“So don’t waste time on unimportant things, and enjoy each day as much as possible loving the one you love most… Even though it feels like yesterday when I first met Ekian, looking back, I thought I loved him without reservation, but each day feels more precious.”

At Isabella’s heartfelt words, tears welled up in Judith’s eyes. Yet she still concluded it would be better not to mention the child.

Originally, to divorce, Ekian and she would need to reach mutual agreement and submit documents. But if Ben and Isabella gave permission, the divorce proceedings could be expedited quickly.

It was simply a matter of arbitrarily stamping the seal and having them testify that it was ‘previously agreed upon.’

Of course, there might be friction when Ekian returned, but Isabella waved her hands dismissively, saying not to worry about such things at all.

Just thinking about what Judith had done for the Meius Ducal House, such a thing was nothing at all.

“Well then… where are you planning to go? If you need a house or anything like that…”

“Oh, no. I really don’t need anything.”

Judith waved her hands and said.

“I’m planning to go down to the provinces anyway.”

“Really? To the provinces? Judith, haven’t you lived in the capital your whole life? Suddenly where in the provinces? Then it’ll be hard to see you often!”

Isabella’s voice was dripping with regret. Since there was no particular reason to hide her destination, Judith answered with a kind expression.

“I’m thinking of going around the Soden Marquis’ Domain.”

Ekian sensed success.

Everything was going well, and most importantly, the lord of Aarten didn’t know of his existence. The Emperor didn’t know he had received the Imperial Family’s name.

‘Of course.’

He sneered inwardly with a smirk.

‘That selfish and vicious person could never imagine that I would abandon the position of Meius Marquis simply out of love for family.’

At the same time, he couldn’t imagine that Crown Prince Alteon would acknowledge another prince. He was someone who thought only of himself thoroughly.

Like someone who inherited the Imperial Family’s blood, he planned to launch a surprise attack on a moonlit night.

After that, he planned to deal with the Emperor around sunrise.

He had done more difficult things before. With the capable Alteon having already laid all the groundwork, he was confident about this much.

However, thinking of Judith whom he had left behind kept making him anxious.

It weighed heavily on his mind that he had come without saying a proper word, leaving only a single letter.

Though that had been the best option, in the end, he hadn’t revealed his identity even until the last moment when she confessed and showed her heart…

‘When I return, I must give her more, bestow more precious things upon her.’

Nevertheless, the reason he kept feeling restless was probably because of the hallucinations he kept hearing.

“Wait a moment, Marquis. Please calm down first. Getting excited won’t help us find Judith.”

Unknown voices kept lingering around his ears from time to time.

“What? My maid definitely confirmed it. When she last met her, she was pregnant!”

As if something truly terrible and devastating would be waiting for him when he returned to the capital…

But he had already prepared for everything. If Judith tried to leave, he had asked Isabella to deliver a letter, requesting she pass it on. If she saw that letter, Judith would surely wait for him at the mansion.

Though it would be right to reveal everything face to face, he couldn’t just watch her misunderstand and leave recklessly. Calculating that Isabella would read it too, he had written it clearly in words that only she could understand.

Worried that he might be caught up in scandal due to his connection with Master, he had also closed the Grey Information Guild. He had been preparing to wrap things up as soon as he returned to the Meius Mansion anyway, and he thought Master was ultimately someone who had to disappear.

And another thing that weighed on his mind was Elizabeth, Judith’s birth mother.

Alteon had promised to watch over her unconditionally.

If any strange behavior from her was recorded at the Imperial Palace, he promised to handle it somehow. If Elizabeth was in her right mind, she would never act recklessly.

‘That husband… the person called Ron Dale…’

When the Emperor’s aide and he had visited, Ron should definitely have been at the store. Nevertheless, he couldn’t help but consider small possibilities.

‘Of course, I did station people in the capital in case Ron acts independently.’

He had thoroughly prepared by considering every direction in various ways.

So there was no chance at all that Judith would be in danger. Even if she did become endangered, clever as she was, she would be able to safely protect herself within the Meius Ducal House.

In fact, her being safely in her proper place was all Ekian wished for.

Nevertheless, why he felt so anxious, he had no way of knowing at this point.

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