When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married

Chapter 37

The aristocratic couples who married politically did not often have proper relationships.

So, Laritte thought it’d be a better outcome if she and Ian were friends.

Ian could understand why she chose the word ‘friend’, but it somehow stung him in the chest and made him emotional. Why? He didn’t know.

Unable to read the sudden change in Ian’s features, Laritte continued.

“I thought we could still talk to each other sometimes even after you have a mistress.”

His ears perked up in disbelief.

A mistress?

He had never thought about that matter, let alone imagine it. And he would never do it in this lifetime.

With one corner of his mouth twisted up, he frowned.

“Who dared to let that thing slip out of their tongue? Tell me, and I’ll slice off their tongue.”

Laritte stopped digging the soil with her fingers.

“Aren’t you going to leave me…..for it?”
“It’s not even worth considering. What on earth! Why would you think that?”

He was furious.

“Is that why you distanced yourself from me?”

Ian couldn’t finish when she grabbed him by both shoulders. The dust on her fingers spattered on the hem of his clothes.

But the two of them paid no attention to it.

The stream and the houses in the distance disappeared, leaving only Laritte and Ian. It felt like only the two of them were sitting in a white blank space with no single breeze.

“Then, are you going to have a baby with me?”

Her calm gaze bored into Ian’s.

Immediately, a rush of embarrassment fell over him.

“A-A baby?”

He covered his face with his large hand, hiding his flushed image.

She stared at him, casually withdrawing her hand.

For her, having a baby meant the same thing as connecting two generations. She couldn’t afford to think of anything else. Thus, she wasn’t ashamed of what she said.

“Yes, a baby.”
“Maybe….. later….. if you….. wish to. Anyway…… y-yes.”
“Really? With me? You shouldn’t do that.”

She tilted her head.

Ian’s head snapped at her, the redness draining instantly from his face in shock.

“There’s nothing you can’t do. Rather, it’d be too close.”

The misunderstanding disappeared.

Laritte stood up, watching Ian stupefied.

She grumbled.

Why didn’t you see me in the morning?”

in need of

her body, and there was a body

for them to stay separate for a

I couldn’t come to

tainted

Opps!

he completely forgot because he was busy getting suffocated by the storm of work. Day and night, he wrestled with papers in his hands. He even ate and slept in front of his desk. All he did to get up from his seat was to stretch for

her head, she started walking towards the mansion.

after her.

my fault. But one thing is for sure….. you are the Duchess. That means you don’t need to worry about that.” “I

at all. She

one of the servants

You weren’t in your office, Master, so

The cat!

face, which had hardened, lightened up at

“Really…….?”

had said goodbye to at the

nodded. A warm welcoming voice erupted from

we go see her now?”

different directions, not knowing the exact path

that’s not the

hurried after her.

footsteps behind her, she thought to herself.

seemed to be a good person as her first

a good family nor a

contact a mistress for an heir since there would be no

peaceful idea, she thought.

Ian would agree with such

“It’s over here.”

the office as the large door opened.

be the

were scattered here and

yet to regain its past glory, it would soon be as neat as

she was too busy to search for the cat to look

“Butterfly?”

cried meow

touch unlocked the cage, Butterfly sprang out free before climbing up the bookshelf.

“Meow.”

stay

Laritte was six feet (1.8 meters) away, she slipped like a ghost when Laritte tried to

her face with her hand, saying it was

her, watching

how cute she was when she did

feel ashamed at her

eyebrows frowned in worry.

gotten a little thin?” “That’s ridiculous. She was having her fill

rich fur and plumpness seemed to be visible only

eyes touched the desk.

to have left

name on it, but it was from Oscar,

to send letters to avoid the

carefully removed the

my dearest

not written, but he knew

number of stories related to

prince could