Don't Get Caught by Your Husband!

‘The document is so urgent that they’re making me work until this night…..’

Not long after Escalion finished work and entered the couple’s bedroom, Wolff made a quick visit and handed over a thick document.

<My lord! sorry. There was a document that was missing earlier…..>

Belladonna watched Escalion’s profile, resenting Wolff for not letting him rest until late at night.

‘However……’

Unlike his usual playful and sly look, his face is calm and calm. The eyebrows are slightly furrowed as if in concentration, and the golden eyes are constantly moving. Occasionally, he even makes a nervous hand gesture to sweep back the bangs that are falling over his forehead…..

‘Somehow people look different today…..?’

Bella also swallowed her dry saliva without realizing it and looked at him with a serious look.

Does your face look like that when you work? Was he even able to make an expression like that…?

“Why. My face will be pierced.”

At that time, Escalion, who had turned a page of the report, casually opened his mouth.

Belladonna, who belatedly realized that the words were directed at her, was startled and shook her shoulders.

Me? It’s me…..?

Escalion asked, tilting his head lowered the report to the table and turned his gaze towards me.

“Is this some new kind of bullying? Are you attacking with your eyes?”

“…….”

“I should know what my wife wants.”

Bella also rolled her eyes and gave him a sheepish look.

Maybe I was staring too much without realizing it…..

Escalion, who was staring at Belladonna, who was looking the other way, let out a small sigh, got up from his seat and approached the bed.

Bella felt her nervousness and anticipation at the same time, and she slightly moved the seat next to her for him.

“I have a hard time concentrating in the bedroom. I’d rather sleep and wake up and do it tomorrow.”

Escalion lay down on the seat next to her. Belladonna looked at him, then secretly stuck out her finger.

Sensing her intention, he spread his palm wide for her.

‘There.is.alot.to.do.’

“Is there a lot to do? It looks like the deadline is tight because all the work that needs to be done has to come here through Griblata and go out again through Griblata. I might have to go back for a little while sometime soon.”

Escalion answered, rubbing his eyelids wearily.

Maybe he should go back to Griblata…

When he saw Belladonna’s face , he smiled and opened his mouth.

“Don’t look so pitiful. Did you look at me like that because I was curious about whether you had a lot of work to do? Is it because you don’t like me looking at documents in my bedroom?”

He raised the corner of his mouth and poked Bella’s frowning eyebrows.

Belladonna was slightly pushed back, then stood up like a crocodile and raised her finger again.

‘Are.you.having.a.good.time?’

Even though Escalion must have realized what I was asking while writing, he didn’t stop me. After confirming the question to the end, he raised his eyes and asked.

“Why? Is there something I need to do?”

Belladonna met her expectant eyes and looked at her puzzled expression, then lifted her finger again and wrote letters on her palm.

‘I.want.to.hear.your.story.’

“Story? What story?”

Escalion, who checked Belladonna’s handwriting, asked in a very disappointed voice.

What? Was there anything you were expecting?

I was curious, but more than that, I was curious about his story. Bella also moved her fingers eagerly.

‘Your.past.’

“Past……?”

Escalion frowned.

Suddenly it’s the past? He couldn’t figure out what she wanted to know.

She stared at him, and then she suddenly started talking about his past…..

“……ah.”

Oh, no way.

Bella, with her strange face, glanced at him and Escalion scratched the back of her head as if embarrassed.

Are she really asking about Scarlett? Because she thinks she’s my past lover?

But if that was the case, there was nothing to talk about.

“That……Well, I’m not sure what you want to hear. Aren’t you tired? I think I should just sleep now. Should I turn off the light?”

Escalion creaked noticeably and tried to raise himself from his seat.

But Belladonna’s hands were faster. She grasped the palm of Escalion tightly and placed her fingers on it again.

But Escalion grabbed her finger tightly.

“It’s late. I need to sleep.”

Who keeps talking all night and makes me sleep late?

Without even blinking her eyes, Belladonna took her finger out and started writing her words again.

‘I.wonder.how.you.lived.’

“…..You want to know how I lived?”

Escalion asked.

Nod! Belladonna nodded her head vigorously at the story she wanted to hear.

Escalion, who was pondering something about her, sat down comfortably on his body, which he was about to lift, and looked at her.

“You suddenly want to hear my story? It wouldn’t be a very interesting story.”

no! Looks like fun!

Belladonna turned completely towards him, her eyes sparkling.

Escalion took her hand, which was resting on his palm, and naturally clasped it. Her warm palms wrapped around my hands.

“I don’t know what my wife is wondering? But I’m not good at speaking. If you get sleepy after listening, i will let you sleep.”

Belladonna smiled slightly and nodded her head.

Escalion looked at her for a moment, scratched his eyebrows as if embarrassed, and opened his mouth.

“I joined a mercenary group at the age of eight and learned how to hold a sword, and after that, i followed the men around and did odd jobs. As I did this, my skills improved, and when I opened my eyes, it was a war zone. As I had learned, I beheaded the enemy general, and His Majesty the Emperor bestowed upon me a title and territory. the end.”

“…….”

Belladonna, who had just been concentrating, blinked blankly at the sudden ending of the story.

It’s over….? No, it’s not that I don’t have the gift of words…..

“It’s over.”

In response to Belladonna’s bewildered reaction, Escalion spoke again.

“It’s because there’s really nothing else I remember about it. Since all I knew how to do was swing a sword, I didn’t really have a chance to look back or reflect on my life. I live a wandering life here and there, so I don’t have anything to say.”

Bella looked at him blankly, then slowly nodded her head as if she understood.

She didn’t know if it was because he had lived a simple life and he really had nothing left to remember, or if he just didn’t want to talk about his deeper side just yet.

‘But I can’t directly ask why his parents died….’

But she wants to hear more from him…

Belladkonna blinked her eyes for a moment and then raised her finger again. okay! At this rate, i can ask, right?

‘What’s.the.best.place.you’ve.been to.’

“What’s the best place i’ve been to?”

With questions of this level, I thought I would naturally be able to hear stories about his past, and if I was lucky, I would also be able to hear stories about Astanya.

If he lived in Astanya, where would he stay? The village where I lived in my previous life was also located on the road, so mercenaries passing through Astanya often stayed there….

‘…..I’ve never seen a mercenary with a face like this.’

Belladonna thought as she glanced at the troubled Escalion.

If a mercenary with this much beauty had passed by the village where she lived, the girls in the entire village would have been abuzz talking about this man. But I’ve never heard anything like that!

“Hmm.”

After a moment of contemplation, her Escalion looked back at her and grinned at her.

huh? Why me…..

“The best place I’ve ever been to is Sirlenia.”

He said, stretching out his arms and pulling Bella into his arms. Escalion sat Belladonna down on hiz own thick thighs and looked up at her.

“No matter how much I think about it, Sirlenia is the best.”

Escalion was looking at her with both ears stained red. The palm of his hand touching her back felt too hot.

Why do you think Sirlenia is the best? Does he really like warm places like Cindy said?

Escalion, who was still looking up at her, traced a soft arc with the corner of her mouth and let out his voice.

“Since I’m here with my wife, I can do anything.”

Bella, hearing his voice, took in her breath slightly.

‘Ah, this man……’

Unless you were an idiot, there was no way you wouldn’t have figured out why he was doing this.

This man, who always looked at her with kind yet passionate eyes and caressed her with gentle, careful but warm hands, truly cared for his wife.

“……..”

Belladonna looked down at him with her shaking eyes.

Her emotions, not knowing whether she was happy or sad, came over her.

“You haven’t really been outside of Astanya, have you?”

In response to Escalion’s question, Belladonna slowly nodded her head.

I was born as a poor farmer’s daughter all my life, and although my previous life was short-lived, my saintess also never left Astanya and enjoyed freedom.

“If there’s a place you want to go, tell me anytime. I will take you there.”

Escalion said.

Bella looked down at him quietly and then lifted her finger.

‘You.are.busy.’

“No matter how busy i am, i can make time for my wife. It’s like I followed you all the way here this time.”

“…….”

“Then my favorite place might change.”

He lifted the corners of his mouth and smiled charmingly.

“…….”

The fact that Escalion had her in his heart excited her and made her heart flutter. But at the same time, the reality that she would have to betray him and return to Astanya in a few weeks made her feel extremely anxious.

‘…..What if it doesn’t go back like this?’

Even Bella, who raised the question, was startled without realizing it.

A possibility that had only occurred to her a few weeks ago had suddenly become so big that it shook her.

If I betray the Pope and the Saint and remain by Escalion’s side…..

‘……What happens then?’

Thumb, Thumb.

A loud sound, unknown to whom it belonged, rang in her ears.

I couldn’t tell if my heart kept pounding was because of excitement, anxiety, or fear of my distrust being discovered.