Chapter 73: Chapter 73

Chapter 73

Now that Bleon has arrived, Astell said goodbye to Adrian, gently stroking the child’s hair as she transferred him to the nanny’s arms, who would bring him out of the room. She also did not forget to smile brightly at her child. Bleon, who suddenly came to Astell’s side, also leaned down to greet Adrian on the same eye level.

“Good night, Adrian. See you tomorrow.”

Adrian smiled at Bleon as if the baby was now recognizing that Bleon was his father.

“Wife, did you see? Adrian looked at me and smiled.”

At that sight, Bleon looked back at Astell with a voice full of emotion.

“I think Adrian recognizes you, Duke.”

“He’s smart because he resembles my dear wife.”

“If he’s smart, then doesn’t he take after you more? And besides, with his fair features and gentle personality, it’s clear that he resembles you the most.”

Astell looked between the two men, Bleon and Adrian, with a satisfied look.

“Is that so? I wish he looked more like you, Wife…”

However, contrary to feeling satisfied, Bleon trailed off slightly. His expression seemed to be somewhat gloomy. Astell remembered one more reason suddenly as she looked at him, puzzled.

Just as Astell wanted Adrian to be like him, while he wanted Adrian to be more like Astell.

Astell, pondered what she was going to say to him, and smiled then said,

“He looks like me, too.”

Saying that, Astell quickly scanned Adrian’s face.

So, where is his resemblance to her…

Adrian resembled Bleon, who will never be left out in terms of beauty no matter where he was in the world, as though he was created to be evermore brilliant. And Astell was so happy to have given birth to Adrian that the pain of the childbirth momentarily faded when she saw the child’s face for the first time.

It wasn’t easy for her to find a feature of Adrian’s that resembled her, but Astella confirmed to Bleon what he had already known about before.

“Our eyes are similar. Adrian’s eyes are the same color as mine. Right?”

Astell looked to Bleon with a light smile, and she pointed first towards her eyes, and then at the baby’s eyes. After a while, Bleon looked into Astell and Adrian’s eyes in turn, and his expression brightened at once.

“Right. These pretty, shining and lovely eyes that make my heart happy are very similar.”

Bleon looked ecstatic, not taking his eyes off Astell. However, his longing for her was also clearly revealed without a single thing hidden.

“Really?”

“Yes. If those eyes were always on me, it would make me want to never take my eyes off of that gaze for even a moment.”

“I always only look at you, Duke.”

Astell revealed her heart to him as she did not avert Bleon’s eyes.

I’m the only one for you. You’re my everything. That’s why, don’t worry. It doesn’t matter if you become greedier than you are now.

On the other hand, when the two suddenly fell into their own world, they forgot who was in this place right now. The nanny glanced at the two, seemingly at loss. And before the two of them fell even deeper, she coughed a little, hoping that the Master and the Madam would let her leave as soon as possible.

“Excuse me, M-Madam.”

“Ah…”

Fortunately, the nanny’s voice reached Astell, who then immediately came to her senses.

“Nanny. Go put Adrian to sleep and take a rest.”

“T-Thank you. Madam. Then, I’ll take my leave.”

Astell nodded bashfully. Then, nanny bowed and soon left the room with Adrian in her arms. After he made sure that the door was closed, Bleon went to Astell’s side. The nanny softened the tension between the two of them.

“You came early today. Have you finished your work?”

When they were alone in the room, Astell spoke more comfortably with Bleon. Astell didn’t think he’d come with his work unfinished. As Duke Einer, he has a strong sense of responsibility and the ability to lead the family. It was just to refresh the surroundings for a while and change the topic.

“…Yes. It’s done.”

But despite her efforts, he was looking at her with his eyes wide open, just like with the nanny. As he answered, he swept the hair down the side of her face and tucked it behind her ear. Feeling his hand, Astell smiled mischievously.

“Is it hard because you have a lot of work?”

“No. It’s not hard at all. It’s what I have to do.”

Bleon answered, stroking Astell’s cheek softly.

“You have a harder time than me. For Adrian every time…”

He frowned and lowered his gaze slightly, then lifted his head again and looked at Astell. Astell shook her head knowing what he meant.

“No, it’s not hard for me either. Just like you, Bleon, it’s what I’m supposed to do.”

“However…”

“Fortunately, I’m taking good measures in a timely manner, so I’m not in a lot of pain. …Huh?”

But it was then. Suddenly, she felt a damp feeling near her chest, and Astell looked down. She caught the sight of the chemise’s chests getting wet. She must have thought it’d be fine with Adrian sucking her breasts on both sides.

Seeing Astell’s visibly bewildered look, Bleon followed her gaze and bowed his head and found her clothes drenched wide around where the nipples were.

“Ah, Bleon, I’ll go out for a while. You can rest. If you are tired, you can sleep first.”

Fortunately, she didn’t feel any pain, so it seemed like she had to squeeze out the leaks completely. But she felt a little embarrassed that her breast milk was leaking in front of Bleon, so Astell tried to get up to go to Adrian’s room. But as she was about to lift herself off the couch, Bleon wrapped one hand around her waist, preventing her from moving away.

“Bleon?”

Puzzled, Astell called Bleon.

“I will help you.”

“…What?”

Her mind could not process the unexpected words for a moment, so her reaction was one beat late. And Astell, who understood what he meant, asked, looking at Bleon with eyes wide open in surprise.

“W-What?”

“Can’t I… help you?”

Bleon glanced at Astell’s eyes, seemingly losing his original determination.

“H-Huh? No, that’s…”

It seemed right to say no—that he didn’t have to. But seeing Bleon’s expression, the words didn’t come out easily. He looked as if he’d feel hurt and abandoned if she refused.

And she was very weak to him looking like that.

However, after she gave birth to Adrian, they only kissed lightly, and there never was any lingering touches or anything else shared between them. Of course, the current situation can be regarded as completely different from what she thought it would be. Still, she hesitated a little, regardless of what her head understood.

“…I guess I offended my dear wife’s heart by saying something useless. I’ll call the nanny and stay in the office for a while.”

As Astell was torn as to what to do, Bleon quickly backed down and rose from the couch sluggishly. Seeing him about to take a step along with that drooping figure, Astell hurriedly grabbed Bleon’s wrist without realizing it.

“…Help me.”

Astell murmured in a low voice. Bleon looked back at her, and Astell’s earlobes were slightly reddened.

“But it may not taste very good…”

Astell just added to her embarrassment by saying things that she didn’t have to. For a moment there was silence between them. Bleon didn’t respond to her words, and quietly stared at Astell’s figure. The number they have slept together was too many to count, yet Astell was still ashamed to have even said something like this to him.

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