+”Okay, then the second time…”

-“What are you talking about, second one!”

Are these people really in their right mind? Who would have a second child with you?

I was so shocked that I ended up hitting Chase’s flat back with all my might. But I still couldn’t help but grumble, but Chase’s voice grew louder as if he was more aggrieved.

+”I’m going to have morning sickness anyway!”

“Chase is going to give birth too? I heard it hurts a lot when you give birth!”

“That is… Judging from the current symptoms, there is a possibility that Chase will take over the pain relief.”

“Really? Then…”

I was momentarily caught up in it and then came to my senses. No, it doesn’t matter who’s in labor right now! Of course, that’s also important, but…

“Speak sense, please. Think before you speak.”

“Do I have to listen to the puppy… think?”

“of course!”

After a long time… no, actually, for the first time in a long time, I had the opportunity to shout at Chase with confidence, and my shoulders went up. Chase muttered in disbelief.

“Look at that arrogant puppy.”

“So, stop talking nonsense. Doctor, please go back to what you were saying earlier. How do you relieve morning sickness?”

“Ah, that’s it.”

While Chase and I were ‘talking’, the doctor, who had been recording the monitor screen and looking around here and there, raised his head. His smiling expression was as kind as ever, but the moment I saw that look, I felt something cold, almost ominous. What is this creepy feeling?

“It’s simple. Cases like Chase’s all follow the same basic principles. Since the morning sickness has been relieved through appropriate skin contact or pheromones, if appropriate skin contact doesn’t work, the contact can be deepened.”

“It gets deeper…?”

“Yes. Not longer, just ‘appropriate’.”

“…”

“…”

What does inappropriate contact mean, sir…?

There were many things he wanted to ask, but he couldn’t open his mouth because he was afraid of the answers he would get. Chase just bit his poor lower lip, as if he had heard that the sky was falling.

The doctor looked at us one by one, smiled, and gave the final verdict.

“You know? Now that it’s stable, you can have sex as much as you want. But be careful not to do it too hard or the baby will be startled. Okay, then go home quickly and think about transferring to a hospital? Promise?”

“…”

“…”

Sad premonitions are never wrong.

The doctor, who had thrown a huge bomb so casually, kicked us out with a light expression.

We were so shocked that we couldn’t even protest and were forced out of the examination room. We trudged out of the hospital, got into the car, and kept our mouths shut until we arrived at the parking lot in front of our house.

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“I gave it some thought.”

“I told you not to think about it.”

A few days after receiving shocking news from the hospital, I came face to face with Chase, who had come out of the bathroom early in the morning, vomiting and looking pale.

Meanwhile, Chase’s symptoms have gotten worse day by day, and now he can’t even drink a sip of water properly no matter how much I release pheromones and hug him.

Eventually, I had no choice but to make up my mind and call Chase over with a determined expression.

“We can’t continue living like this. Chase is having a hard time too.”

“It’s nothing.”

“What’s wrong? I’m practically a corpse right now. If I don’t eat like this and Yeontan come out later, what if my dad is gone?”

“…”

Chase, who had been insisting that it was okay, closed his mouth when Yeon-tan was brought up. His expression was full of complaints, but since morning sickness was no one’s fault, he had nothing to say.

“What were you thinking? Tell me.”

Finally, Chase responded, albeit with a voice full of disbelief. I held his hand tightly and opened my mouth calmly.

“Do you want to kiss me? I’ll do it for you.”

I felt like a sexual harasser who said. “Do you trust me, oppa?”

“…”

Chase seemed to be thinking the same thing.

“What the… nonsense… is that… What are you saying, puppy?”

His cheeks were pale, like a blank sheet of paper, as he couldn’t even speak properly and was stammering out whatever he could. No, who would have wanted to do that? I’m not even suffering from morning sickness, so I could have just left Chase alone whether he was having a hard time or not. But he looked so pitiful that I offered to sacrifice myself, but he was making a fuss.

I grumbled and sulked in my own way.

“It’s not your first time, so why are you making such a fuss?”

“How do you know if it’s your first time or not?”

“Because last time was your first time with me! Of course this is your second time!”

“…”

It seemed like he had nothing to say after I told him the truth outright. Chase didn’t respond for a moment, then he muttered while slightly avoiding my gaze.

“Who said you were the first?”

What are you talking about, you sure it wasn’t that?

“No? Where has this happened! It was my first time!”

“…really?”

“Of course! I’m so busy trying to make a living that I’m dying. How could I have time to go around kissing people?”

“You’re too busy trying to make a living to kiss people? You?”

“of course…”

He didn’t even finish high school and didn’t have parents, so how hard must his life have been? He was about to pour out his life story, but he stopped in shock. That was my life as Kwon Tae-young, my old life, and I didn’t really know about Leoruca del Caisa’s past.

If I had made a big deal out of it and people started coming to me one after another saying that I was actually her ex-lover, it would have been a big deal. He’s only 20 years old, and considering the original Leoruka’s personality, which is hard to call lovable no matter how you look at it, it seemed like he would have a clean, if not transparent, past.

In the brief moment of hesitation, Chase’s eyes narrowed. His gaze was sharp as he glared at me with his eyes narrowed.

“Why aren’t you answering? Are you lying?”

“No, that’s not it…”

“Then what is it? I won’t get in trouble, so tell me.”

The hand that was holding my shoulder, pretending to be affectionate, felt somehow strong. You’re not in a bad mood, are you?

“Why can’t you say anything? Just talk, I’m not the kind of guy who dwells on the past.”

“…”

What’s the point of dwelling on the past, what’s the deal with us! …If I say that, will the black panther get angry? I gulped down my saliva because I was so nervous.

“So, have you ever kissed any other kid… or any other guy besides me?”

I wanted to believe that the voice that was secretly asking me questions felt so menacing and that it was just my imagination.

“I don’t think so…”

But because he was not confident, he mumbled and trailed off. Chase’s voice became even lower.

“What does it ‘probably doesn’t exist’ mean? Does it mean it exists?”

“You’re saying there isn’t any… right?”

I really wanted to know for sure. Does Leoruca del Caisa has a close friend since they were teenagers, kissing or even having sex? The author of The Successor of Arteon didn’t go into detail about the villain’s past love life, so I had no way of knowing.

However, even if I confessed that I didn’t know, it didn’t seem like the half-rolled black panther would back down. I had no choice but to stab Chase from a different direction.

“Are you jealous?”

“what?”

Chase’s mouth dropped open. Yeah, you’re surprised too, because you’re wondering what I just heard. I’m surprised too, because I can’t believe what I’m talking about.

But since I had already drawn the sword, I kept pushing forward with the intention of defeating Chase by swinging it anywhere.

“Are you jealous? You don’t like it when I kiss other people?”

“…Are you crazy, puppy?”

“Do you like it?”

“What? How could that be good?”

“Then you don’t like it?”

“Why do I hate that, what does that have to do with me!”

“What… what do you want me to do?”

“What the hell. I’m not curious at all. Why don’t you get out of the way quickly?”

Chase sighed and wiped the sweat off his forehead as he shrugged and took a step back. I should have just been quiet. I had no idea what all this chaos would have been like if I had just asked for a kiss. “So, it would have been better if you had behaved well from the beginning. Was it because you wanted me to like it?”