Lucia - Chapter 116.1

Chapter 116.1: 116.1

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Lucia slowly got up from the bed, facing the morning sun . She had fallen asleep late in the afternoon as it was getting darker but when she opened her eyes, it was morning .

“Oh my goodness . Did I sleep that long?”

She didn’t wake up at any intervals and slept like a rock . She kept on feeling tired lately, but her body didn’t feel that refreshed . Rather than feeling sluggish due to the excessive sleep, her head felt light .

Lucia called her maid and asked her to bring water for washing her face .

“Has he left?”

“No . Master is in his office . ”

Hugo came to the bedroom after hearing that his wife was awake . He arrived just when Lucia was about to change her clothes . Once the maid attending to Lucia discovered Hugo, she bowed her head and withdrew .

Hugo quickly approaching his wife, who was smiling at him, and hugged her . Lucia was taken aback by his sudden action and asked carefully .

“Did you hear…from the doctor?”

“I did . ”

Hugo had been worried yesterday because he felt she was sleeping for too long . When he concernedly asked if it would be better for her to wake up and eat something, the doctor said:

[It’s okay for one day . Milady told me she felt tired these days, so it would be better to allow her to just sleep . ]

While holding her sound asleep figure, Hugo could barely sleep all night . Her body had a slight fever, so it felt warm to the touch . Upon recalling the doctor’s statement that a mild fever was common early in pregnancy, Hugo tried to assuage his worries .

His mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, so he ended up not getting a wink of sleep .

“Thanks . And…congratulations . ”

“…What?”

“…”

Pfft . Lucia burst out laughing .

“Did the doctor tell you to say that?”

“…Mm . ”

The doctor made a long-winded speech as if she was taking the chance to make up for the past times when she felt inadequate before the Duke . For Hugo, listening to the doctor’s prattle was very excruciating, so he momentarily considered changing to a male doctor .

The doctor talked to Hugo about the sensitive mood of an expectant mother and scared him with examples of patients with various and extreme symptoms of depression .

She emphasized that due to their severe changes in mood, pregnant women tended to be more sensitive and could be easily hurt by something minor . Thinking that his own manner of speaking wasn’t exactly sweet, Hugo was worried .

[The Madam is currently showing signs of anxiety . At times like this, the husband has to comfort the wife and show your sincerity in welcoming the child . ]

He didn’t know what to say so he recited it exactly like the doctor had told him to . Lucia lifted her head and cupped his face in her hands .

“Your words have no sincerity . ”

“…It’s not that there’s no sincerity, I just honestly don’t know what to do . I don’t hate it . ”

“I know what you mean . I’m also like that . It doesn’t even feel real . And it may not be pregnancy . ”

“The palace nurse definitely didn’t diagnose wrongly . ”

Lucia looked into his eyes . It was hard to tell what he was thinking from the neutrality of his gaze . She didn’t know whether she should be happy that her husband’s reaction was much calmer than she expected or whether she should be worried .

She was glad that he didn’t react in worse ways, such as denying it, since her pregnancy should be impossible or refusing that he was the father of the child .

“It is our child . ” (Lucia)

The look in his eyes turned to that of puzzlement .

“Of course . ” (Hugo)

Hugo couldn’t understand the meaning behind her words . He could not guess that Lucia was concerned that her husband might be suspicious of her fidelity .

Hugo had not thought of that at all . He only thought that his wife was still thinking about when he said that he didn’t want a child .

“I’ve said this before, but if it is your child then I am fine with it . I might be a little out of it because it is unexpected, but I do not hate it . If you’re upset then I’m sorry . ”

“No . I am not upset . ”

Lucia was very happy . And she was thankful to him .

He did not want to have children for a long time . Even though he said that he was okay with it if it was her child, it was something he said when he assumed that her getting pregnant was impossible .

But now, it had come to the forefront and become reality . And even then, he still said that he would accept the child . It meant that it wasn’t just pretty words that he was saying at the time to comfort her .

Lucia felt the anxiety buried deep in her heart melt away . She began to think that everything would be okay . She had a feeling, no, confidence, that when the child was born, he would be a good father .

Hugo looked at his wife for a while as she grinned happily, then he lowered his head and kissed her . Lucia wrapped her arms around his neck and shared a long, deep kiss with him .

“There’s a part I can’t understand . ” (Hugo)

“Me too . ” (Lucia)

How did she become pregnant? Just as she expected, her husband was also wondering about this issue .

“You think so too, right?” (Hugo)

“Yes . ” (Lucia)

“It was fine yesterday . Why is it forbidden as soon as we find out you’re pregnant?”

“…?”

“The doctor must be a quack . I have to ask the palace nurse that diagnosed your pregnancy . ”

Lucia sensed that what he was saying, and what she was saying, were not in sync . And when she vaguely grasped what he was talking about, her face gradually stiffened .

“What does she mean we can’t do it for three months? Is this not a plan to kill me?”

“Are you crazy? You’re going to go where, and ask who what?”

Lucia shouted as her face reddened and she hit his chest . Hugo had a shameless expression on his face as if asking what he did wrong . Lucia pushed his chest and removed herself from his embrace .

“Just try it if you dare . You won’t get a feet inside this room . ”

The knowledge that he had to give up on the pleasure of the night was a bombshell of its own, but there was no worse torture than not being able to even touch his wife . Hugo stretched his hand to her again, but his wife shocked him by shaking him off and avoiding his hand .

“You said you were thinking the same thing . ” (Hugo)

“No! I was thinking about something different . They asked us to be careful because the child could get hurt, so is that so important to you?” (Lucia)

“Hurt? There’s no way my child is so weak . ”

Lucia was done with his dignified bullshit sophistry . She coldly turned around .

“Go and work on what you were working on . I want to rest . ”

“Sleep, again? You have to eat something . ”

“I’ll eat something later . ”

“Vivian . ”

Hugo gazed at his wife, who was lying on the bed, not even responding, then he left the bedroom .

[…psychological state will be very uneasy, there will be extreme mood swings, irritation will increase…]

Hugo sighed when he recalled the contents of the lecture, ‘A Study on the Psychological State of a Pregnant Woman,’ that the doctor gave him .

His wife was with child . It was beginning to feel a little bit real . The doctor said that they needed more time to know for sure, but from Hugo’s standpoint, there was no doubt about it . Otherwise, there was no way his gentle, good-natured wife would change like that .