Sylvia's POV:

It was this cheeky devil again.

When I opened my eyes, I immediately saw Blair's smirking face.

I wordlessly sat up and raised my chin, indicating for him to close the door.

Blair clicked his tongue and went to close the door. Then he faced me again and joked, "Do you really have to do this? I know you pretended to pass out just to avoid the proposal. If you didn't want to marry him, you should've just let him know."

"It's not that I'm unwilling to marry him, Blair. You have no idea what's going on here, so just shut up." I rolled my eyes in annoyance. Was I that bad at acting? I couldn't believe he saw through me at a glance and figured out that I was pretending the whole time.

Blair raised an eyebrow as he crossed his arms over his chest. "What on earth do you want to do then? You love him, so why don't you want to get married? Besides, you're already pregnant."

Why don't we postpone the plan for now?" Blair exclaimed. I could tell that he was hesitant about

originally wanted to lie about having to carry out the army mission and let Blair take me away from the imperial palace. Now that I had pretended to

I had to

thought about having to sneak out. Everything seemed

need your help, Blair. When you're on a mission next time, I'll pretend

me and pondered for a moment. He

pregnant, you know?" He glanced down at

belly and smiled. "I can show you a backflip right now if you want me

Blair grimaced. At that point, he already knew he had no other choice but to agree. "When are you going to do this? I'll tell Rufus about the mission

is going to preside over the meeting for the first time on that day on his father's behalf and will gradually take over his work. I think he'll be too busy to keep an eye on me that day, so I can take advantage of the opportunity to

Blair nodded. "Rest well,

he turned around and

door closed, Yana-who had been silent for quite some time-began complaining. "Sylvia, I think you've gone too far. You should never lie to your mate. You're hiding more than

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