I Didn’t Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 49

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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Chapter 25.2

“There’s that, too.”

“You can’t eat any more today, but I’ll make it for you again tomorrow. So, you need to get better quickly, okay?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, by the way, don’t forget to brush your teeth after drinking so it doesn’t spoil.”

“Yes.”

Asher diligently brushed his teeth at April’s instruction and lay down again. Despite having trouble falling asleep just a while ago, this time, he quickly drifted off into a peaceful slumber.

Claude, who was watching them quietly, touched Asher’s forehead.

“The fever has definitely gone down compared to earlier.”

“That’s a relief.”

“Thank you.”

April widened her eyes. It was unexpected for ‘him,’ Claude, to say something like that.

“Why do you look at me like that?”

“Oh, no reason. I just didn’t expect you to express gratitude. After all, I’m just an employee of the Winterville family.”

“As you mentioned earlier, your job is solely to assist with my affairs. Asher’s treatment doesn’t fall under your responsibilities.”

“But you said you were giving the right case.”

“Of course, even if payment is involved, gratitude is gratitude, isn’t it?”

April was left speechless by his words.

It seemed she had misunderstood him. She thought Claude would say that it was natural for her to work for Asher because he paid her to do so. Despite being described as cold-blooded, the more she spent time with him, the more unexpected sides of him she continued to see.

“In that case, I’ll gladly accept your gratitude.”

“Yes.”

Claude answered without looking at her. His gaze was still fixed on the sleeping Asher.

‘…Does he hold a special regard for Asher?’

To be honest, when he initially said he would take Asher, April thought he must have had political reasons. No matter how she thought about it, it didn’t seem likely that he would act merely out of family ties. But now that she saw it, it seemed that Claude cherished Asher more than she thought. Even when he emphasized the Winterville family’s status, it all seemed like words spoken out of concern for the child.

April found herself smiling faintly and murmured.

“Asher is fortunate. He has an uncle who worries about him like this.”

“You are talking as if there’s absolutely no such person for you.”

She smiled bitterly.

“No. There’s no one like that.”

In her previous life, Yoon Min-ah of South Korea was an orphan. She was left at an orphanage by her mother when she was very young, and her mother never came back to find her.

To be honest, she was too young at the time so she couldn’t remember her mother’s face.

After that, she couldn’t be adopted and grew up in an orphanage. There were teachers and older and younger siblings in the orphanage, but in reality, it was difficult to call them family. They lived together like a family, yet sometimes, she felt a sense of distance. Still, when she was in the orphanage, there were people who cared for her when she was sick.

However, after becoming an adult and gaining independence, there weren’t many people who cared about her. While she made friends, they weren’t there for her when she was sick at home. So, even when she was sick for the last time before she died, there was no one there to look after her.

If she had a family, her life wouldn’t have ended so futilely.

…It was the same even after becoming ‘April Renoen.’

April’s family and her fiancé were so disinterested in her that she was better off without them. In particular, didn’t her fiancé, Zenon Olsen, just use her and eventually lead her to her death in the original novel? Regardless, as bitter as this fact was, it didn’t make her sad. After all, life was about learning to live alone. She had already become accustomed to enduring everything on her own.

At that moment, Claude mumbled something under his breath.

“Isn’t there someone like that now?”

“…Yes?”

“I said there’s someone who cares about you now. Isn’t he right here?”

April blinked, unable to understand his words right away. But soon, her face turned as red as a tomato when she belatedly grasped their meaning.

“T-That, that, what the Duke is saying right now to me—”

Claude gently tapped her forehead with his index finger.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I was referring to Asher.”

There was a hint of laughter in his voice as he uttered those words, but April was too flustered to notice.

“As, Asher?”

“Yeah. If you were to get sick, I’m sure he would probably make a fuss about taking care of you.”

“Ah… I suppose so.”

April muttered with a sense of disappointment. She couldn’t quite understand why she felt disappointed at this moment. Was it because she wanted to hear Claude express concern for her? It sounded absurd.

It was something that couldn’t and shouldn’t have happened.

April shook her head and pressed her palm to her heated cheek.

“Anyway, it seems like Asher is getting better, so I’ll be heading back now. If anything happens, please call me.”

The air was hot. Originally, she had intended to nurse Asher through the night, but she felt too embarrassed to stay in the same space as Claude any longer.

“Good night, then.”

As she left Asher’s room as if fleeing once again, it seemed like she could hear Claude’s laughter from behind her.

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