Can't Come Back - Chapter 37
Dean waited patiently at the door for Berlia. But as time passed, there was no sound. It was silent all throughout. Berlia did not react in any way.
‘…Is she disregarding me?’
Dean felt an abrupt surge of irritation. Was her dignity wounded because he brought Riley to the table? Dean had numerous notions racing through his mind.
No, they said that pregnant women sleep a lot.
However, he shortly shook his head. Berlia was not the sort to deliberately disregard him. She could be sleepy because of the baby.
As a precaution, Dean reached for the doorknob to validate her sleeping state. However, as he was about to turn the handle, his hand paused.
He pondered what he would do if he saw her sleeping in such a state.
Next time, I will need to arrive earlier.
He turned and proceeded to his chamber.
Berlia was in the attic with Cain at the time. At dinner, Dean had been pleased and interested in her pregnancy news, but that was it. Berlia believed that Dean’s focus would eventually shift to Riley.
As Berlia, she never imagined Dean would visit her bedroom. It was natural considering how uncomfortable they were.
“Uh, Cain….”
Cain was placing kisses on her neck by submerging his face onto it. His hands were gently massaging her body. Berlia’s response from it was a chill. Her movements crumpled the blanket on the floor.
“Ha, Berlia.”
Cain closely embraced Berlia. Cain’s smell surrounded her. Berlia observed that Cain was somewhat more possessive today.
“Cain, you’re acting strangely today.”
“How could you say that?”
She slightly raised her head to gaze at Cain. He appeared somewhat more apprehensive than normal.
“Is something wrong?”
Today was Dean’s day of return. They had been extremely cautious, so there was no cause for concern. So today was not intended to be their typical secret meeting.
However, after dinner, Cain had requested that she return to the attic. Has something happened? Berlia had anxiously awaited Cain’s arrival, but all he did was give her a firm embrace without saying anything.
“Is there something wrong?”
She asked with concern in her gaze as she looked towards Cain.
“Not especially. It’s just… I suppose I’m more aware than I thought of the fact that my brother has returned. You are, after all, his wife.”
Cain shook his head and smiled sourly.
“During his absence of three months, you were my lover.”
His sibling’s wife. In the end, however, Cain’s affection for Berlia was realized.
“But seeing you, Berlia, by his side, I couldn’t stand it.”
However, this was only feasible due to Dean’s absence. Cain felt an inexplicable sense of unease upon the return of her spouse, Dean.
“Even though I know it’s impossible, I wish you were mine alone.”
Cain was also startled by Dean’s unusual interest in Berlia during dinner. He had anticipated that Dean would be interested in Riley, but for some reason, he was drawn to Berlia.
My brother proposed to Berlia for no other reason than that he liked her. And he caused her only anguish. What is he attempting to demonstrate by treating her well?
But what enraged him the most was his inability to do anything about it. The fact that he was compelled to become enraged by the sight of a spouse treating his wife well.
Cain had spent three years observing Berlia from the sidelines. He no longer wished to do that.
How could he entirely make her his own woman? Cain’s visage displayed some sadness.
“Cain…”
Berlia examined his face and pulls herself from Cain’s embrace. She did not recognize this Cain. She sought to eliminate his apprehension.
Berlia extended her arms and embraced Cain, who wore a sorrowful expression. His breath reached her torso. She caressed his head gently.
“Cain, I am yours and yours alone.”
Typically, he was the one who energized her or was there for her to rely on. Today, however, he appeared somewhat infantile.
‘Then, at least for today, I want to give Cain strength.’
“I’ve never given my heart to my spouse, despite what others may say. Since my heart has always been directed toward you.”
Berlia also had no intention of releasing Cain. The only man she desired was Cain.
“Don’t fret, then.”
“Berlia…”
“I am in love with you, Cain.”
Berlia’s soft voice echoed in Cain’s hearing.
* * *
Until dawn, Riley had been unable to fall asleep. She lay open-eyed and absorbed in thought.
‘How can I guarantee that my son becomes a duke?’
The news of Berlia’s pregnancy was unquestionably startling. Things would have been simpler if Berlia’s infant was a daughter and her own was a son. However, what if this were not the case? The child’s gender cannot be determined until after birth. If her own infant turned out to be a girl, it would be a catastrophe.
‘It must be a son.’
Riley chose to believe that she would have a son.
‘And why was he paying so much attention to her today? He pledged to make me his concubine!’
She was pledged to become Dean’s concubine. However, Riley became apprehensive when she observed Dean’s behavior today. Why was he abruptly paying attention to his wife after saying such negative things about Berlia?
‘The reason is that she is expectant. Pregnant! I ought to have been the only mother of his child!’
Berlia angered Riley.
The chamber she was in was far too opulent for a maid to use. But Riley’s discontent grew steadily worse. She desired to be the mother of the next duke in addition to being the duke’s concubine.
‘And what about the dress she’s wearing today?’
Berlia wore a modest but undeniably luxurious dress to dinner. Riley examined her own attire in the mirror. Even this dress, which she believed to be fashionable, paled in comparison to Berlia’s. She ought to have done better.
‘The duke will look at me again tomorrow, won’t he?’
He had to. This appeared to be the only method for calming her psyche. Riley anxiously nibbled on her lips. She hoped Dean’s interest in Berlia would be fleeting.
The following morning, Riley awoke early. She meticulously applied makeup and donned a dress that exposed her substantial bust. She then proceeded to Dean’s room. It was a time when Dean would have been sleeping.
In front of Dean’s room, his personal attendant awaited his awakening with wash water. Riley regarded her and remarked,
‘Could you please shift over? I shall deliver it to the Duke.’
“What, what?”
Prior to Riley, Dean’s maid was the first one to work at the mansion. She regarded Riley with confused eyes. She was aware that the previous evening, Riley had dined with the Duke’s family. Nevertheless, Riley remained a maid. It was unheard of for her to act superior to the maid who had been in the Duke’s household for much longer and was much older.
However, the attendant was unable to contradict Riley. She feared that if Riley became the duke’s concubine, she would pursue vengeance on her.
Riley entered Dean’s room without knocking after obtaining the wash water from the maid. She roused Dean with a voice brimming with all the allure she could summon.
“Your Grace~~!”
Even in response to Riley’s appeal, Dean remained asleep. After placing the wash water on the floor, Riley clambered onto Dean’s bed.
“Your Grace, it’s Riley!”
She cuddled up to Dean and roused him from sleep.
“Umm… what…”
Dean puckered his features. He was irritable because he was compelled to wake up. He opened his eyes, squinting to determine who had awakened him.
“Have you woken up?”
It was Riley. Dean and Riley shared a bedroom for three months while in Keindell. Therefore, it was no big deal for Riley to enter Dean’s room and rouse him up. However, Dean felt different this time for some reason. There was an increase in irritation for unknown reasons.
“Your Grace, I’ve brought the wash water for you.”
Dean was offered the cleansing water by Riley. Dean gazed at her intently. It was peculiar. Before they arrived in Keindell, he liked her visage, but now it appeared ugly. Once upon a time, he thought she had an attractive visage, but now it appears cheap. Suddenly, Dean recalled seeing Berlia’s visage last night.
Compared to his wife, Riley appeared significantly inferior. Even what he once believed to be her allure now felt uncomfortable. Instead, Berlia appeared to be adequately peaceful and acceptable.
‘Why did I keep her around?’
She was carrying his child, so he was unable to evict her, but oddly, he no longer felt affection for her. Dean’s mouth effortlessly expelled acrid language.
“It appears that you wish to continue working as a maid, Riley. Taking on such duties.”
“What does that mean…”
Riley was astonished. Only one day has passed since their return from Keindell. Before recently, did he not vow to make her his concubine when they returned to the mansion, and was he not so devoted to her that he would pluck the stars from the sky for her?
“Your… Your Grace?”
Riley, unsure of her hearing, approached Dean once more. She reached out and stroked his midsection. Being morning, it naturally stood upright.
Dean inserted his erection into Riley’s body every morning in Keindell. Again, he was expected to embrace her to insert this object into her. Riley stroked his part with her hand a few times as she considered this.
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