When the Villainess Died, the Male Lead Went Crazy - Chapter 139.2
“Kylian, could you let me go?”
She spoke in a calm voice, and Kylian’s eyes opened wide.
“You had a nightmare.”
“Ah… yes. But I’m fine.”
Anais spoke as if she was fine, trying to pull away from his arms.
“Anais.”
At the sound of her changed voice, Kylian’s heart sank. Without thinking, he pulled Anais tightly into his arms, ensuring she couldn’t escape.
“Kylian, please let go for a moment.”
“No.”
Kylian’s loud heartbeat seemed to echo in Anais’s ears. She could feel his anxiety, but at the moment, she couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable with him as well.
The things in her dream were just dreams. And as he had said, it was a future that had already passed, so there was no chance of it happening again.
Anais believed that Kylian loved her. Still, it was natural to feel gloomy after having such a dream. Without realizing it, Anais felt miserable, and her mood didn’t improve.
“Wife.”
“Kylian.”
As he held her tightly, almost suffocating her, Anais sighed and embraced him. That made him loosen his hold.
“You had a nightmare.”
“Yes.”
“Do you blame me?”
“No.”
Seeing Kylian’s eyes turn red, Anais realized that he truly felt guilty and sorry.
“What dream did you have?”
Anais couldn’t answer Kylian’s question. She no longer doubted that he loved her. Still, she didn’t want to say anything. She feared that if she did, he would become anxious again.
“Wife, if you can forgive me, I would do anything. I’d even give my life.”
“Please don’t. I don’t want that.”
As his voice lowered, Anais gently stroked his cheek to reassure him. Kylian didn’t cry, but his eyes were filled with unshed tears, as if it would be strange if he didn’t cry.
“It was the dream of the day I realized my feelings for Kylian.”
“Ah.”
For a moment, Kylian’s face looked desperate as he read Anais’s expression. But seeing her accept it so calmly, he felt relieved. And then, he thought to himself that he was being cowardly.
Even he knew that the things he had done in their previous lives were hard to forgive. But he couldn’t bear to let her go.
“Kylian, I thought my love for you was admiration.”
“…”
“I knew you in a past life, and I wished for your happiness. But that was a deceptive feeling.”
Kylian felt his racing heart gradually find some peace as he listened to her beautiful lips speaking those words in a soft voice.
“I’ve liked you since the first time I saw you, Kylian. I pushed my feelings away, thinking that I could never be yours, but my feelings are the same as yours.”
“Anais.”
“The dreams I have aren’t nightmares. If it hadn’t happened, I would never have realized my feelings for you.”
Kylian couldn’t hold back the tears as he looked at his wife, who was staring at him. When he started to cry, Anais gently wiped his tears away with her hand, looking flustered.
“Oh dear, why are you crying so much?”
“You always make me cry, Wife.”
Kylian said this as he buried his face in her chest. Anais hugged him tightly and patted his back.
“I love you, Kylian.”
“Wife, I will love you even more.”
“I’ll do the same. So please stop crying, or your eyes will be swollen again tomorrow.”
Anais comforted him kindly as she hugged him.
* * *
“Your Majesty, the Emperor has requested that you not come to the audience room today.”
“Huh? Kylian? Why?”
“That… He said he couldn’t explain the reasons.”
The head lady-in-waiting handed Anais a letter with Kylian’s seal.
[Today, an unwanted guest will arrive.
I cannot let such a person see the woman I love most in the world, so I kindly ask that you refrain from coming to the audience room today.
Your Kylian.]
“Hahaha.”
Anais felt strange defiance, perhaps because Kylian had never asked her to do something like this before.
Kylian had been struggling with guilt over his past mistakes. Anais thought that in order to lift Kylian from his melancholy, she needed to act more lightheartedly.
After a brief thought, Anais smiled softly.
“I’m going to the audience room.”
“What? But the Emperor said…”
“Shh.”
Anais silenced the head lady-in-waiting’s lips with a hand before letting it go, then walked toward the audience room.
Even after becoming Empress, Anais wore her uniform more often. Kylian loved her no matter what she wore, but when she wore a dress for official events and returned to the bedroom, looking different from usual, he became even more persistent.
She walked to the audience room, her white uniform and the golden cloak of the imperial family fluttering behind her.
“Your Majesty! You cannot enter now!”
The guards tried to stop her, but Anais easily subdued them and opened the door.
Inside…
“Lady Anais!”
“Anais!”
Both Lilith and Phileal shouted as they recognized her.
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