I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 234

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story Episode 4

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“Madam. You should see the personal physician.”

Elmis said as she placed dessert on the table.

“But what if it’s not again.”

Marine, with a gloomy expression, ate a dessert with plenty of lemon meringue piled on top of crispy pastry.

She quickly finished one and picked up another to put in her mouth.

Whenever she suspected pregnancy, she would rush to the personal physician with anticipation for a diagnosis. However, each time it wasn’t pregnancy, and only disappointment accumulated, so now she was afraid to meet the personal physician.

She didn’t want to hope and be disappointed again.

Elmis, who had been carefully watching Marine eat two desserts and pick up a third, spoke firmly again.

“You haven’t had your monthly cycle for two months.”

“Before, I didn’t have it for six months.”

When she first started working at the Duke’s Castle, she didn’t have her monthly cycle for quite a while.

“That was because you lacked nutrition then. Now your nutritional state is sufficient, isn’t it.”

Elmis delivered a fact bomb with an expressionless face. Her gaze gestured toward the few remaining desserts.

“This is delicious, isn’t it?”

When Marine’s eyes met Elmis’s, she smiled sheepishly and put another dessert in her mouth.

“You’ve had quite an appetite lately.”

“That’s true.”

Marine nodded while taking a big bite of the pastry.

Lately, she wanted to eat something every day. Especially foods accompanied by sour fruit appealed to her.

Did her chest really get bigger because she’s been eating so well lately?

She glanced down at her chest and reached for the plate again, but there was nothing to grab.

“You’ve finished everything. Shall I bring out other desserts?”

“Yes. Apple flavored this time.”

“Yes.”

When Elmis left the room with the empty plate, Marine looked around the empty surroundings and then quietly placed her hand on her belly.

Her belly was round. Her stomach was full from the dessert she just ate and the cake she had eaten before.

“I really hope there’s something other than food in here. Baby, are you there?”

Marine smiled shyly and raised her head, when her gaze stopped on the black stone placed where sunlight was streaming in abundantly.

“…A sprout. I wish there was a sprout here.”

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Leaving Elmis and Yulia behind, Marine secretly went to see the personal physician.

“Madam, you’ve come?”

The personal physician quickly stood up and offered her a seat.

“I’d like to greet you saying it’s been a while, but you come too often, don’t you?”

“Not at all. Please come often. How has your body been lately?”

The personal physician smiled kindly.

“I keep getting sleepy, I eat well, and I haven’t had my monthly cycle for two months.”

“I see. Shall we do an inspection right away?”

Marine nodded with a slightly flushed face.

The personal physician carefully brought over a round bowl.

The bowl with a hollow interior was about the size of a palm, gleaming with a subtle black color, and inside it was a clear liquid.

Marine received the needle he offered with a tense expression.

If a blood drop was dropped into the bowl and the clear liquid turned red, it meant pregnancy; if it turned blue, it meant she wasn’t pregnant.

How many times had she seen that blue color so far?

As Marine hesitated to draw blood with a stiffly hardened face, the personal physician carefully spoke up.

“Shall I do it for you?”

“No. I’ll do it.”

Marine took a deep breath and pricked her finger with the needle.

The round blood drop fell into the bowl with a plop.

The personal physician quickly stopped the bleeding on her finger.

And both of them looked at the bowl with equally tense faces.

Soon the clear liquid gradually began to change color.

Marine’s eyes widened. Her lips parted involuntarily.

The color was red.

Could it be that it only looked that way to her eyes?

When she quickly turned her head to the side, the personal physician met her gaze with a pleased smile.

“It looks red to me right now, but it’s not just my eyes seeing things, right?”

“Congratulations, Madam.”

Marine stared intently at the liquid that had turned red with a dumbfounded expression.

“Am I really pregnant?”

“Yes. I’ll examine you in a bit more detail.”

“…Okay.”

Marine remained still with a dazed face while the personal physician conducted the examination.

The personal physician drew another blood drop from her hand and performed other tests, then spoke to her with a bright face.

“You’re 10 weeks along.”

“Oh my goodness.”

Marine carefully embraced her belly. There was really a baby inside. It would be three months soon.

“Congratulations. His Grace the Duke will be truly delighted.”

“Oh, right. Could you keep it a secret for now? I want to tell him myself.”

When Marine spoke shyly while stroking her belly, the personal physician quickly nodded.

“Yes. I understand. I’ll just keep it on record.”

“Thank you.”

“You’ve had a hard time until now. From now on, eat well and always take care of your body.”

“Yes. I’ll do that.”

Marine carefully got up from her seat and left the medical room.

And as she slowly walked, she suddenly stopped in place.

Finally, she could meet the baby.

How long had she been waiting for this.

Thump thump. Her heart was beating wildly. Tears flowed out on their own.

Her personal handkerchief had been away for a week on territory inspection, so she hadn’t seen him. But fortunately, today was the day he was returning.

How eagerly had she been counting down the days to tell him this news.

“I want to see you quickly, Gerald.”

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“Mmm.”

Marine lifted her heavy eyelids at the touch gently caressing her body.

In the dim room with only one candle lit, she saw a familiar large silhouette.

Gerald, lying next to her, slightly furrowed his brow with an apologetic expression.

“I didn’t mean to wake you.”

“Did you just arrive?”

“Yes. I hurried to have dinner with you, but I still arrived at dawn.”

He pulled her waist close, buried his nose in her nape, and deeply inhaled her scent.

“You’re awake, right?”

“Huh?”

“You just woke up. Right?”

Marine narrowed her eyes and looked up at him. Before she knew it, he was positioned above her.

“No. I’m getting sleepy again.”

“That can’t be. I’ll make sure your sleepiness goes away.”

His hand boldly entered through her nightclothes. As his touch became increasingly intimate, Marine’s mind, which had been drowsy from sleep, suddenly became alert.

“Wait!”

She tried to push him away by pressing against his chest, but his stone-like body didn’t budge at all.

“Marine, we’re meeting after a week. I missed you.”

“Yes. I missed you too. But this isn’t what’s important right now.”

“There’s nothing more important than this in the world.”

He raised one eyebrow and declared as if what she said was nonsense.

“If you listen to what I have to say, you won’t think so. So please move your body first.”

When Marine patted his chest, he sighed deeply and obediently backed away.

Marine quickly sat on the bed and wrapped the blanket tightly around her entire body.

“What are you doing?”

“Since I don’t know when Gerald might turn into a beast. It’s defense.”

“Even if you wrapped yourself in all the blankets in this world, that would be difficult.”

Whether he was sulking because she rejected his advances, his blunt voice was even more dry.

“That’s not what’s important right now.”

“Alright. Tell me.”

Marine took a deep breath and looked at her husband’s sullen expression. Then she grasped his large hands with both of hers.

He gazed at her with a puzzled expression.

“Gerald. We’re going to be parents now.”

Marine whispered slowly with a trembling voice.

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