My Contract Husband is Going Crazy Because of My Iron Wall - Chapter 50.2
Chapter 50.2
“I just handed out eggs for those who would be hungry if the trial dragged on, so why are you like this?”
When I made the excuse I had prepared in advance with an indifferent expression, the Emperor’s eyes widened fiercely.
“Don’t lie. You did it on purpose to provoke me!”
“No, it’s Your Majesty who tried to frame my husband and his men on purpose.”
“I had no choice. If I didn’t do this… I wouldn’t be able to have you!”
The Emperor’s voice, which had been shouting, suddenly softened.
“I know I look pathetic. But I can’t help it. I have to have everything I want, even if it costs me my honor or my life… The late Empress begged me earnestly the moment she passed away… How could I not keep my promise?”
His tearful appearance was very disgusting and pathetic. What if the will left by his dead parents was something like, ‘I regret giving birth to a fool like you. Please die with a clear conscience?
They wouldn’t have said what I just said.
“Your Majesty. People are not objects that you can have just because you want them. Unless the person wants to be owned by someone.”
“Then please want to be owned by me.”
“No.”
“I knew it. That’s why I’m trying to have you legally.”
“If that’s the case, then have me. Why are you refusing the opportunity to become a family with my twenty-one husbands as a bonus?”
The Emperor’s face contorted at my coldly smiling words.
“I don’t like that. I can endure it until now, but I can’t endure it after we become a couple. From then on, you have to be only mine.”
“I don’t think I’ll be able to endure it either.”
“Ha…”
The Emperor sighed and spoke as if he had made a great decision.
“Do you want to possess me completely as well? Then, I will. I will divorce not only the concubines but also the Empress.”
I’ve never wanted to possess him. Why was he making such a presumptuous and absurd claim? Besides, the previous emperor also deceived the former Grand Duchess of Erestein with such words. How could I believe him? Even if that were true, I didn’t want a man with twenty-one wives.
Swallowing all the words that welled up in my heart, I calmly confessed.
“I like Reinhardt. That’s the biggest reason why Your Majesty can’t have me no matter what you do.”
“….”
The Emperor looked at me silently, but suddenly, I heard something falling over outside the door.
“What’s all the commotion?”
The Emperor asked the attendant, who began to explain, sweating profusely.
“That, no matter how much we tried to stop him, he wouldn’t listen….”
Before the attendant could finish his explanation, the door of the reception room suddenly burst open without a knock. He had dark black hair, cold blue eyes that shone like ice, a blue brooch on his chest, and the most handsome face in the world.
It was Reinhardt.
“Come to think of it, there’s no reason why I shouldn’t come.”
He strode inside and plopped down on the seat next to me.
“To barge into the palace like this. Are you trying to rebel?!”
While the Emperor snapped at him, Reinhardt countered with an infinitely calm demeanor.
“Rebellion? What kind of rude thing is that to say to your brother who wants to work with you? Gerard Do Zagzag.”
“Work together? What nonsense are you talking about!”
“Can’t I investigate my own wife?”
Uncharacteristically, Reinhardt cleared his throat and suddenly hesitated, his face flushed.
“That… what you just said about liking me, was that sincere?”
…What? He heard that?!
The loud noise I heard outside the door just now! He must have heard it while standing right outside the door!
‘Don’t let him see you panicking. Just react like you normally do!’
I deliberately raised my voice a tone and said.
“Of course, honey! How much do I love you!”
As I hugged his arm tightly, playing the role of a ‘wife who truly loves her husband,’ the Emperor’s face contorted.
“What are you two doing in front of me? Stop it right now.”
“If you don’t like the sight, you can just leave.”
“Ha… do so. I don’t want to see either of you, so just leave if you’re going to leave.”
“Oh, then I guess you’ll let the trial go as well? That way, I won’t have to appear before Your Majesty!”
“After all that humiliation, how can I hold another trial? I’ll do as you wish, so just get out!”
“Yay! Thank you! Let’s go, honey!”
With Reinhardt’s arm around me, I left the palace, humming a tune.
…Then, when we were far from the Emperor’s palace, I quietly let go of his arm. Ahem, we both coughed awkwardly and were silent for a while.
Reinhardt, who had been walking for a while, spoke first.
“…May I ask you that again?”
“What, what?”
“I mean, was it sincere when you said you liked me.”
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