We’re in a Contract Marriage, But I’ve Imprinted - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Translator: Effe

Editor: Yonnee

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Now that I had come of age, wouldn’t it be fine if I just disappeared and started living alone?

The person who called us here in the first place was my dead father, and he didn’t put me in the family register, so now the people of this county were mere strangers.

They hated me so much that if I disappeared, they would rather approve the idea.

When I thought of that, I felt refreshed, yet somewhat sick to my stomach. The thought that I was left alone in this world flooded me with sadness. So, I resented my mother and missed my mother so much.

I murmured as I stroked the scar on the nape of my neck below my right ear. The scar that my mother had caused by mistake when I was young was far from hideous, and was now the last remaining trace of my mother.

“Mom… was this the only way?”

If it was painful to be by Father’s side, she should have confided in me. If so, I would have found another way.

We originally got along happily even in the mountains.

Why? Was suicide really the only answer?

I couldn’t understand at all. If she hated it so much, why did she choose a dress for Father, and why did she goes every time he called without ever refusing.

Resentment, sadness, grief, pain, loneliness.

All kinds of emotions seemed to gather in my small body to create a typhoon.

The power of the small typhoon became so strong that it seemed to engulf all of me. I fell on the coffin and cried endlessly.

I shed tears as I held onto Mother’s coffin, which contained only one shabby flower.

The good thing was that no one came, so I could cry out loud. No one will be able to criticize me even if I cry shamelessly or like a child.

Every time I passed, people whispered behind me. The words I heard every time were the words ‘illegitimate daughter’ and ‘daughter of the vulgar omega’.

So I struggled to look like a noble while being a commoner. Although I was an illegitimate child, I wanted to prove that I was not vulgar.

Despite being bullied by Monica and ignored by Father and Alex, I was able to persevere because I knew Mother must have had a reason, and I thought I was Father’s daughter even though I was an illegitimate child.

Yes, it may have been that I wanted to reject the statement that omegas were vulgar rather than an illegitimate child. Though people did not know, I’m an omega.

It was frustrating to be in a situation where I couldn’t reveal it and I couldn’t strongly deny it, but there was hope.

That I could try.

Even that seems wrong now.

“Hiic, Mom…”

As I was crying by myself, I heard the door open. The annex’s exterior was no different from that of the other buildings, and the inside could be described as nothing but shabby. The sound of the door opening could be heard eerily. I stopped crying in surprise.

I had let go of my choker thinking no one would come.

Would anything have changed if that someone had been a beta?

Even if I didn’t look back, I could tell who the person who had appeared unexpectedly was. Because the cool scent easily occupied the small space.

The source of the familiar pheromone was none other than Ian.

Why he came here remained a mystery to me. Why did he come to Mother’s funeral and not Father’s?

I blankly looked up at Ian, who was holding a lily. He looked down at me who sat down on the floor without saying a word. Funny enough, that alone gave me the illusion of solace.

Ever since he saved me when I was young, I couldn’t forget that moment even for a second, and I secretly held him in my heart.

He was the heir to the only duchy of the empire, and he was a knight belonging to the imperial chivalric order. He is also very close to the Rosewood family and has been close with Monica and Alex since childhood.

So, Ian often visited the county. After the incident at the pond, Monica always called me out and humiliated me in front of him. I felt deeply ashamed, but there was nothing I could do about it.

I didn’t know at the time why Monica did this to me, but now that I think about it, I could guess.

For me, an illegitimate child, who did not know her place to dare have feelings for him.

I had never tried to get closer to him—I harbored only one-sided love. But why was it that Monica had been so cruel? I still could not understand that.

Rather, I only ever saw Ian’s cold expression relaxing whenever looked at Monica. Every time that happened, I watched the two of them from the side, I felt sick with inexpressible jealousy.

“…This is not the Count’s funeral hall.”

I assumed he had come to the wrong place. However, he quietly said something other than the answer I expected.

“As expected…”

“…Yes?”

His eyes flicked down at me. Usually he looked at me with strange eyes, but not as intensely as he did today.

“I couldn’t be certain because your pheromones were too light, but it’s true. You’re an omega.”

I could tell the difference right away.

Oh, it wasn’t the eyes, but the pheromone.

Even when we first met, I had not been able to capture his pheromones properly, but at that moment, I started to capture his pheromone perfectly from one day.

At the time, it was a pity. Because I could see how attractive his pheromone was that betas couldn’t smell.

Of course, I could recognize him right away, even with a faint scent like before.

But now, for some reason, his pheromone texture felt different. The moment I realized the reason, goosebumps ran through my body.

He was determined and was emitting his pheromones deliberately.

I couldn’t even breathe because I was hit with his pheromones so directly that I couldn’t escape it.

It felt like the dense pheromones were eating up even the air, so my heart was beating fast in fear.

By the time the trembling that started at my fingertips spread to my entire body, I felt flustered by the unfamiliar sensation. Moist liquid leaked from my lower body and soaked my underwear.

As though water had been spilled, the wet underwear quickly clung to my skin. My eyelids blinked rapidly with an expression that still couldn’t grasp the situation.

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