My Contract Husband is Going Crazy Because of My Iron Wall - Chapter 39.2
Chapter 39.2
“…No.”
He was completely off the mark. I still felt wary that he suspected me of having an affair, so I decided to give him a little more information.
“It was a woman.”
“…Was she pretty?”
“Yes.”
He must have fallen for her at first sight in the novel? It would be difficult for the female lead not to be pretty.
“Then, she must have been very appealing to Irovel, who is a physical appearance supremacist.”
“Reinhardt. I’m heterosexual.”
“Oh.”
His ferocious expression softened a little.
‘He’s cute….’
I almost laughed, but I managed to suppress it and harden my expression.
“Reinhardt. Are you going to keep acting so cute? If you do that, I’ll just get annoyed by the flirting, but it’ll feel like I’m so wonderful that you’re even jealous of a woman! It’s exciting!”
“…Cute and exciting?”
I bobbed my head vigorously, and Reinhardt sighed helplessly.
“If you keep doing that… Are you trying to make me excited about you too?”
“That’s impossible.”
He’s someone who never felt any particular emotion toward anyone until he met Lucia, and only then did he begin to feel all sorts of colorful emotions.
Because he was created for that purpose.
“I asked you last time, but why are you so certain? Don’t beat around the bush and answer me properly.”
His resolute attitude made it difficult for me to evade the question this time. In the end, I told him part of the truth.
“…You will only feel excited and in love with your ‘real’ wife.”
“My ‘real’ wife?”
“When the term of my contract with you ends someday, you will take the woman you truly love as your wife.”
“Why on earth would you think that….”
Reinhardt sighed with a complex expression. Since he didn’t know Lucia yet, my words must seem very out of the blue. Still, once he meets Lucia, he would show her an incredible amount of pure love, as if he had always done so.
I saw how devoted you were to Lucia, Reinhardt.
So, how could I possibly think of getting between the two of you?
* * *
Auburn hair created by magic, innocent green eyes that sparkled and rosy cheeks that were flushed with love.
I, in my dream, was looking at Lucia Florence.
“Would you like to see what kind of past life you lived?”
I, in my dream, was curious about how she would react to the fact that I had read a novel in my previous life where she was the main character, so I accepted Lucia’s offer.
However, Lucia’s answer was—
“I can’t see a past life for you. I guess this is your first life.”
It was a completely different answer than I had expected.
“What the heck…”
As soon as I woke up from the dream, I was overcome with confusion. I didn’t have a past life? Then, what were all those things I experienced before I became Irovel? Did that mean that my experiences as an idol and the person I truly loved never actually existed?
‘Then, why do I have these memories?’
However, my contemplation did not last long.
“Ugh…”
Reinhardt’s groan could be heard from the corner of the sofa.
“Reinhardt. Are you okay?”
Now that I think about it, he said he was in pain. I had forgotten all about it because he didn’t show any signs of it. I hurriedly got out of bed and placed my hand on his forehead.
Goodness gracious. He was burning up!
“I’ll call the attending physician right away. Just wait a moment!”
I wasn’t sure if Reinhardt, who was asleep, could hear me, but I said it just in case he thought I had left him alone in his pain while he was sleeping. However, maybe he wasn’t completely asleep because he grabbed my wrist.
He slowly opened his eyes and spoke in a weak voice.
“…You can’t.”
“Why not!”
“Actually… My pain is caused by trauma. It’s a weakness that I don’t want anyone to know about, so the attending physician doesn’t know either.”
Pain caused by trauma? Did he have that kind of setting? I tried to recall my memories, but nothing clear came to mind.
‘I can’t remember every single detail just because I read the novel.’
Still, it would be nice if I could remember something. I didn’t remember my past life itself or the novel perfectly.
…Now, I wasn’t even sure if the things I experienced were really a past life.
“Then, what have you been doing all this time? Have you just been enduring it?”
“When I was a child, my mother used to rub my calves… But I can’t do that now that I’m older, so I just waited for time to pass.”
“Really?”
As I pulled the blanket that was covering the sofa all the way off, I reached out to his leg, and he flinched and pulled his leg away.
“Ah, Irovel, if you do that…!”
“You’re in pain, but where are your manners? Do you want me to call the attending physician?”
Reinhardt shook his head vigorously, and I immediately pulled up his pants. Then, I carefully rubbed his bare skin, and he shivered as if he were embarrassed.
“Wait a minute….”
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