I Became the Obsessive Male Lead’s Ex-Wife

Mrs. Tilly’s firmness made Mr. Dompari furious and insisted.

 

“Lady Tilly, I don’t know why you say that when you know that I was the one who helped the former Duchess conceive the current Duke of Carlisle. My medical skills have never been wrong.”

 

“Times have changed, sir. Now, we need to use a more reliable method instead of that parrot-like method. In the case of the Imperial Palace’s Accurate teacher, he also introduced new techniques…”

 

“Why are you comparing our teacher, Miss Tilly, to that kid?”

 

The Carlisle family’s vassals also joined in excitedly. In particular, the elders Bocelli and Sullevar could be seen shaking.

 

“Isn’t that too harsh? Of course, we also wish for the Duchess to return, but it goes without saying that Mr. Moffari is a great person. “If the method is wrong, you just have to test again!”

 

Mrs. Tilly also did not give in to him and fought back.

 

“A person named Myeong has seen the doctor ten times and still can’t confirm the pregnancy? In that case, it’s better to believe in the prenatal dream I had.”

 

It was chaos. My hand, holding Fervin’s hand, was trembling. Now that it was like this, I couldn’t hide the fact that I had already run away. When should I tell you that I did something wrong? These people want to believe the pregnancy rumor so much that they can’t bear to break this moment. I thought that if they heard that they were not pregnant, they would feel sad as if they were dying. That time when I frowned and worried.

 

“My lady!”

 

Marie-Anne hurried over to me and whispered to me.

 

“In the bathroom… The bloody toilet paper… if…”

 

Everyone’s ears were so bright that they seemed to have heard the sound. Sullevar, who was the most delighted among the elders of Carlisle Street, looked at me and said with his lips quivering.

 

“No way… moon… menstruation?”

 

It has finally come. When I nodded with determination, Mrs. Tilly quickly ran to the bathroom as if that couldn’t happen. The elders of Carlisle Street also held on to me and asked me several questions.

 

“No, ma’am? Are you making fun of us?”

 

Then Mrs. Tilly returned to her room with a look on her face as if she had lost her country. She could tell without saying a word. She tells us what she saw in her bathroom, and what she means. Mrs. Tilly asked with a trembling voice.

 

“Ma’am, since when…”

 

“It was right before the guests arrived. I’m sorry, Mrs. Tilly, I didn’t have time to talk.”

 

Her eyes were filled with people crying sadly upon hearing this news. I was so sad. They looked as if they had lost their country and cried quietly. They chose to be sad rather than deny reality.

 

“Well, it would be difficult to get pregnant with just one marriage.”

 

“Should I have paid more and received better work? No, Her Majesty the Empress accepted a better fate.”

 

“How could I have had such hope, and then it suddenly disappears like this!”

 

I was moved by their emotions and became sad too. People who are so sincere about the ‘heir’ of the Carlisle family, to the point of crying in front of other people. However, I should not forget that now is the time to clear everyone’s doubts and strengthen my position. Since I had decided to remain by Pervin’s side from now on, I had to use this as an opportunity. I had to show cases where I tried but couldn’t get pregnant… It was true that we had a hot night, but it wasn’t common to get pregnant in one shot. So, for now, I decided to cry. Try to show your human side and let go of any remaining regrets about pregnancy. I recalled a technique from an ‘acting class’ I took in my current life.

 

-First, you have to think sad thoughts and cry desperately, as if you were throwing yourself.

 

Here, I showed off my all-out ‘acting’.

 

“I invited the elderly to this house because I knew she was pregnant until this morning, but I’m really sorry that it ended up like this.”

 

Seeing my gloomy appearance, Sulevar waved his hand away.

 

“No, ma’am. The person who will be the saddest is your wife, so don’t say things like that.”

 

“I am a sinner who got excited for no reason and made you take a vain step… Black…”

 

I thought as sadly as I could and held back my tears. Thick tears fell on the width of her skirt in droplets, and soon the tear ducts burst like a shower. Pervin also looked visibly embarrassed, as if he didn’t expect me to cry. It was because of non-agreed acting. He reacted helplessly by embracing me.

 

“It’s okay, Irwen. We are young and have many opportunities ahead.”

 

I slightly pushed Pervin’s arms. Because you’re covering me, you can’t hear my desperate cries.

 

“Huh… Ugh…”

 

Fortunately, the elders of Carlisle Street seemed to feel my sadness deep in their bones. They lifted their butts, bowed their heads to me, and apologized to me while squeezing their faces.

 

“No, ma’am. It was our fault for being too sure about pregnancy.”

 

“So Bocelli, why do you look so happy in front of your wife? You always focus on the results like this. Have you ever seen the previous Duchess become sad when she found out she wasn’t pregnant after being convinced so many times? You’ve seen it dozens of times and you haven’t really learned anything.”

 

“Who even gave a toast before coming here? Wasn’t it you who toasted us with a glass of wine that had been stored for 50 years? Sulevar, you have to speak straight. Why on earth do we do this when we know that when we are excited, the most burdensome person is the person concerned?”

 

Sullebar, with his face red, and Bocelli, with bloodshot veins on his neck, began to argue with each other. I cried even louder with that as background music. It was truly an amazing sight. I cried out loud in Pervin’s arms, telling the sky to leave. Now it wasn’t just acting, it was genuine sadness, and her heart was tight. The elders of Carlisle Street had a look of guilt on their faces, as if they had committed a great sin. They hurriedly got up and greeted me, then offered deep consolation to Pervin, who held me in his arms.

 

“I am truly sorry, Your Highness. I think we were too hasty in our expectations and caused even more grief to you.”

 

“I will try not to act hastily like this next time.”

 

“I will make sure that Seollebar doesn’t get too excited.”

 

“Yes, I dare not toast too early.”

 

However, some elders looked at our couple with hopeful eyes and added,

 

“Still, after not much progress over the past four years, we have made great progress.”

 

“You’re never full after just one drink, you’ll definitely get something the next time.”

 

“Mr. Dompari is the one who contributed greatly to the pregnancy of the previous duchess. Would you like to receive Dr. Dompari’s prescriptions, Madam?”

 

Pervin stopped crying and spoke for me as he tried to answer.

 

“I will do that after I take care of my wife first.”

 

The elders of the Carlisle family and Mr. Doppari soon left. Pervin and I saw them off and went inside. In the spacious foyer, we faced each other without anyone saying anything. As we happened to be standing underneath the portraits of the Carlisle family ancestors, I felt solemn for some reason. It felt like the portraits were looking at me and reprimanding me, asking me why I wasn’t pregnant. I quietly ducked towards the stairs. At that time, Pervin held my hand. They even put on their paws to prevent them from escaping. Pervin looked at me and pointed to the widened corners of her eyes.

 

“You must have lost a lot of energy from crying.”

 

“Os it so. Crying is also surprisingly difficult.”

 

I could see his expression changing every moment. I let out a small sigh.

 

“Then the elders around me are sad that I couldn’t get pregnant, so I can’t be happy alone.”

 

“You’re happy?”

 

“It’s not that I’m happy, it’s that I feel relieved because it feels like a burden has been lifted. It was so burdensome to see everyone asking me if I was pregnant and looking forward to it.”

 

Pervin’s face, who was quietly listening to me, gradually darkened. He took a step closer to me. After thinking about it several times, he carefully opened his mouth.

 

“Irwen. Are you sure you don’t want children?”

 

I looked at his expression at the sudden question. Contrary to his cautious tone, raw emotions were reflected on his face. A feeling like trying to hide one’s nervousness. The tall man lowered his head and made eye contact with me. Unlike his fierce eyes, his tone of voice was friendly.

 

“Tell me honestly, Irwen. Do you hate going to bed itself, or do you hate having children? I don’t want to burden you, and I don’t want you to be burdened with spending the night with me because of the kid.”

 

There was a sorrowful look in his eyes, as if he had been rejected.

 

“Or do you still hate me? Is that why you don’t want to have our children?”

 

“Are there any women who spend the night with men they don’t like?”

 

I reacted to his sorrowful eyes without even realizing it. It was impulsive. So I stared at him. I don’t want anyone to know that my heart is shaking mercilessly toward him. Pervin’s eyes sparkled as the most intense of his confused emotions burst out. One step closer he came. I tried my best to calm down, but his dark green eyes were shining especially at me. He grabbed my waist and pulled me into his arms. He bent down and twisted his head as if to kiss me, avoiding eye contact. The low voice was trembling as if tempting me.

 

“Say it one more time, please.”

 

“…You listened to what I said, but you’re doing that for no reason.”

 

“Can I assume that you spent the night with me because you liked me?”

 

“Do I really have to say that to understand?”

 

“I won’t know unless you tell me.”

 

He sticks out his tongue and repeats to me exactly the same sentences I have often used. The sight of him smiling with a half-moon as if he was testing me was somewhat disgusting.

 

“Are you stupid? Do you have to say it to understand it?”

 

“Yes, I am a fool to you. “A fool in love.”

 

He narrowed his eyes and said all. She fluttered affectionately. Her face heated up. Pervin smiled languidly and stroked my cheek.

 

“So tell me, Irwen. Do you like me?”

 

Yeah, I like it. I think I like it so much that my heart is pounding so hard it feels like it’s going to jump out. But when I tried to express my feelings in front of Pervin, I felt extremely embarrassed. Instead of answering, I hugged him tightly and bumped his head. The sound of languid laughter filled my ears with warmth.

 

“That’s not enough. I am a man who is thirsty for his wife’s love.”

 

His lips approached me as if he was craving me. I was trying to push his lips away with my hand, but when I realized that my whole body was held by him, I made a sign that I was trying to push him away with my lips instead of my hands. That time when you stick out your lips. Pervin saw me trying to push him away and kissed me on the lips.

 

“Next time, I want you to say it verbally, rather than just being cute like this.”

 

I looked embarrassed because it hit me right in the face. He smiled sweetly and stroked my head affectionately. It was the kind of smile that captivated both men and women.

 

“We are just a couple, and there are so many things we have skipped over that we should have done. I didn’t do anything for you as a lover before I was your husband, and we shouldn’t be discussing children.”

 

He smiled and lifted the back of my hand and kissed his.

 

“Okay, I guess we’ll have to start over. Just like lovers usually do.”

 

* * *

 

A few days later. I was lost in thought for a while with my work in front of me. Are you going to do it like normal lovers do? No matter how I looked at him, he seemed like a man who was far from an ordinary date, so I expected that the date course might be a course that goes around the gymnasium. No, from what I heard from Madam Tilly a while ago, Pervin read the love writing books so voraciously that the covers of all the books in the study were worn out. And thinking about what he had said to me so far, it didn’t seem like he was bad at this. I also thought that such words as “couples are meant to live by touching each other,” “don’t leave me too chaste,” “I will adapt to your tastes,” came out for no reason.

 

‘…Isn’t this something you’re born with?’

 

While I was lost in my thoughts, someone knocked on the door and, after giving me permission, carefully poked their head in.

 

“Ma’am, try some of this. “It’s a special meal prepared specially by the chef and medicine prescribed by Dr. Doppari.”

 

A group of people came rushing in. Mrs. Tilly came in with a covered plate, Marianne came in with a small glass jar, and a burly man I had often seen in the kitchen followed. It had already been an hour since I finished lunch, so I stared at the food and medicine neatly placed on one side of the desk.

 

“It’s a special meal. And what do you mean by prescription?”

 

Mrs. Tilly clenched her fists, feeling like a sculptor who had completed her masterpiece.

 

“I recently heard the news that I wasn’t pregnant, and I reflected a lot, ma’am. I was foolish. Just one shot without adding any medicine or food to help you conceive! That’s what I hoped it would be. Where has all the old age gone…? It’s all my foolish fault.”

 

The moment when everyone nods in agreement. Mrs. Tilly was wiping away her tears with her apron, so I hastily comforted her.

 

“Mrs. Tilly, don’t blame yourself. Why is it her wife’s fault?”

 

“No, I deserve to be reprimanded. Madam, why don’t you reprimand me? Knock me down, I’m the one who had to take care of those things while serving your wife as one of her closest associates!”

 

“No, it’s my fault for not being able to pay any attention to you while I was in charge of the kitchen.”

 

A man with a sturdy, bear-like body fell to his knees in front of me, his gray hair fluttering across the floor. Marianne also fell down in front of me.

 

“I’m sorry that I fight with Alfred too often, ma’am. They say that you need to be mentally stable for your child to be born well… Please punish me for causing trouble in the family, ma’am.”

 

A scene where two older people and a pale young girl kneel down in front of me and ask for forgiveness. Whatever this is, please let me know! It’s like watching a scene like that. Are they blaming me for not being able to get pregnant now? I quickly got them up.

 

“It’s not your fault, so don’t blame yourself. And pregnancy… There is another opportunity.”

 

“So, starting today, we would like to give you special care. Here are foods that help you get pregnant and special medicines prescribed by Dr. Doppari.”

 

She offered me her honey cake, which the cook said she had put so much effort into making, and Mrs. Tilly looked around her and gave her a spoonful of her medicine.

 

“This is the legendary medicine that the previous Duchess took and immediately had a child. Now, drink it all up.”

 

The medicine was completely gone from the spoon that was quickly put in and out of my mouth. I asked, reluctantly swiping back the bitter liquid.

 

“This is the medicine that Dr. Dompari prescribed that is good for children? Did the previous Duchess also get Pervin after eating this?”

 

“That’s right!”

 

Apparently, Pervin said that he was a quack, but Mrs. Tilly firmly believed that his secret method had given birth to a child. Who should I trust? Surely there won’t be any harm if I eat this? With a bitter taste in my mouth, I took the honey snack the chef offered me and ate it. The older cook added, looking happily at me eating his dish.

 

“The previous Duchess also hated honey, and after eating honey cookies, Her Royal Highness became the current Duke.”

 

Marianne suddenly interjected in a hopeful tone.

 

“Still, I’m really glad that my master treats you better. In such a sad situation as now, honestly, if the owner hadn’t taken care of her, how devastated would the madam’s heart have been…”

 

“That’s right. He looks completely different from the previous Duke.”

 

“What did the previous Duke do?”

 

“Don’t even talk about it, you don’t know how much the previous duchess pushed me because I couldn’t have children. Compared to that, the current master cannot be so sincere.”

 

“That’s right, these days, it seems like you’re really treating your wife like you’re a jewel.”

 

“As expected, he is a very kind person.”

 

I watched with a strange expression their chatter praising Pervin. As they say, Pervin was friendly. Every morning, he comes to my bed while I’m sleeping and kisses my forehead. Every night, we eat dinner together at home, we eat dessert together in the garden, he talks to me before going to bed, and gives me a light kiss on the cheek. Now, as if it wasn’t enough to perfectly play the role of her husband, it seemed as if she was treating me as a lover. And just yesterday, he applied to me in front of everyone. In the language here, it means going out alone, and in modern language, it is a ‘date.’

 

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