Chapter 89 (2/2)

At first, I saw Lucretius as a typical entitled rich boy with power, but I was mistaken. He did have qualities of a tyrant, but he also was one person who saw me as the real me.

As a person named Sa Bina.

Of course, he did try to use me at first. In fact, he saw people as tools or means to an end, which was strange.

The fact that his attitude towards me changed probably was because of his feelings for me.

His feelings for me…

Suddenly, I felt warm. His confession from last night still made my heart beat fast.

While I was remembering last night, I must have had a telling expression on my face. I found Yulia looking at me with a knowing smile.

“W, why are you smiling at me like that?”

Yulia smiled happily. “It’s nice to see you like this.”

“L, like what?”

Yulia looked naughty as she replied, “You were thinking about his highness, weren’t you?”

“Pardon? What? N, no! It’s not like that!”

When I shook my head, Yulia said to me unconvinced, “I’m not sure if you are aware, but your highness looks relaxed when you are with his highness.”

“…”

R, really?!

I was mortified! I wanted to disappear into the thin air.

“Just now, you were thinking about his highness and that is why you were smiling happily.”

… please tell me this is not true! It can’t be!

I screamed silently. Arrggg!

I was so embarrassed.

Seeing my reaction, Yulia took my hand with a kind smile.

“So please don’t try so hard.”

“Hmm?”

Wasn’t this what Lucretius said to me last night?

Yulia continued, “This must be painful for you, your highness, and that was why you became ill.”

“W, what are you talking about?!”

While I panicked, Yulia said to me consolingly.

“It may be your duty as the emperor’s wife, but I can see how painful it would be to get women for the husband you love so much.’

“…”

Gosh, I couldn’t be any more embarrassed.