I Am Trying To Divorce My Villain Husband, But We Have A Child - Chapter 68

Chapter 68

“Ah…”

His intensely quivering eyes, as if containing heat, were staring at her quietly.

Elisha had seen those eyes before.

On the night they made the child in her womb, she had seen those same eyes.

As the memory of that night and the present overlapped, her heart began to pound wildly. The hand holding her was warm too, so she started to feel hot.

Elisha tried to twist her hand and pull it out.

“Rich–”

At that moment, his hand released hers and he grabbed her by the shoulders, pulling her closer.

In the blink of an eye, his lips covered hers. Widening her eyes in surprise, Elisha eventually accepted him and closed her eyes. However…

“Huh?”

Their lips were definitely touching, but she didn’t feel the characteristic harsh touch. Elisha was puzzled and opened her eyes. Then she saw Richard, who was still asleep.

It was a dream.

“Ha…”

In Elisha’s eyes, sighing in despair, was her husband sleeping in an uncluttered state, just like in the dream.

‘Why does he look so hateful all of the sudden?’

‘It’s useless to have a husband! Oh, is the baby the only important thing? I think your wife is going to die of heat stroke!’

The appearance of him sleeping without knowing anything made her emotional. Filling her eyes with tears and sorrow.

Richard, unaware of Elisha’s inner feelings, was holding Elisha in his arms while still asleep. Elisha threw Richard’s arm off of her as hard as she could; then she punched him hard in his chest.

Though, her fist hurt more. That made her even sadder.

Feeling the impact, Richard opened his eyes.

“…Elisha?”

“I really hate you.”

Elisha glared at him while he stared back at her with puzzled eyes. Then she laid back down with her back towards him.

‘You were sleeping well so why-‘

Richard, who was punched out of nowhere while sleeping, looked at Elisha without understanding what happened. But there was no answer from Elisha, who was lying down in silence.

* * * 

‘Why the hell…?’

It was a question that remained in Richard’s mind from early morning until lunchtime passed. Richard sat quietly next to Elisha, who was eating some cake, and looked into her eyes.

“I really hate you.”

Richard, who was suddenly hated by Elisha for an unknown reason, felt frustrated to death.

At first, he tried to figure it out by himself. What on earth did he do to wrong her? What could have offended her? But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t figure anything out.

Eventually, he asked her what he had done wrong. Elisha said it was nothing, but the expression on her face was strangely cold.

She didn’t smile at him like usual, and it felt like she was avoiding his gaze.

‘I’m sure there’s something I don’t know. What is it?

As he was contemplating the situation, the last piece of cake for Elisha that she was eating disappeared into her mouth. The piece of cake that was included for Richard was still there.

Richard pushed his share of the cake in front of her as if it had been hers in the first place. Only then did Elisha look at him and start eating the piece of cake.

Richard, who was watching her, carefully spoke.

“Elisha. Can you tell me what I did wrong?”

He didn’t mind being ignored until she felt better. But he thought that if he just left the situation then that resentment would remain in her heart. He didn’t want to leave it like that.

However, Elisha didn’t seem to have any intention of talking yet.

“It’s nothing. Why do you keep making me feel weird?”

Elisha’s lips protruded in a pout. Her voice also became hoarse. Recognizing it, Richard closed his mouth without inquiring any further. He wouldn’t pressure her against her will.

‘Fool.’

Feeling apologetic after being cranky, Elisha cut a piece of the cake slice and offered it to him. Her feelings were hidden in the cake.

Richard looked at her with confusion in his eyes. Elisha spoke with a slightly soft voice.

“If I eat alone, it won’t taste as good. Eat with me.”

Richard ate the cake she handed him without hesitation. In the process, a small crumb of cake was left on the corner of his lips. Seeing this, Elisha inadvertently reached her finger towards the corner of his mouth, touching his tongue, which was about to lick his lips.

Startled by the soft and hot feeling, she pulled her hand back. She met Richard’s eyes. There was a flash of heat in those eyes for a moment.

As soon as she met those eyes, Elisha’s heart skipped a beat.

‘Ah…’

“Madam, Doctor Setil has arrived.”

Suddenly, the maid’s voice was heard outside the door. Today was the day of her regular checkup that was scheduled to happen once a week. The subtle atmosphere around them disappeared at the news of the physician’s visit.

“Let her in.”

Elisha sat comfortably on the bed for the examination. Richard was next to her.

“You’ve quite a belly in just a week.”

The physician smiled happily at Elisha’s belly and touched her wrist.

Elisha was nervous. Even though she hadn’t felt any unusual symptoms in the past, she was worried that maybe something was wrong with the baby. As if to soothe Elisa’s anxious heart, Richard gently wrapped his hand around her.

After a while, the physician who finished the examination opened her mouth with a smile.

“The baby’s heart is beating very hard. He’s growing up healthy so you don’t have to worry.”

“That’s a relief.”

“Have you felt the baby move?”

“No, not yet.”

“At this time, very sensitive people can slightly feel the fetal movement. It’s still too early to feel it for most people, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

Elisha blinked at the word ‘fetal movement.’

[tl/n: fetal movement or ‘quickening’ is exactly what you readers think: the first ‘kicks’ of a baby. Commonly, mothers don’t feel the baby in the early stages of the pregnancy, especially if it’s the first pregnancy.]

It felt strange to think that the presence of a child, who was slowly growing, would be felt firsthand. It was as if she was starting to realize there was a baby inside her.

“You will probably start to feel the fetal movement within a month. It’s a very subtle movement at first, so it may take a little longer for Your Grace to feel it.”

“…”

“In the meantime, please talk to him a lot. If you feel the baby move, please respond positively.”

Elisha nodded as she listened to the physician’s words. Then, the physician added a description of the second trimester.

“This is the most stable period of a pregnancy, so you can do a lot more activities more safely. You can eat whatever you want and go on a picnic on the outskirts without much worry.”

“Aha, yes.”

“And you can do it as long as it doesn’t put too much pressure on madam’s body. If the mother is happy, it will have a good influence on the baby as well.” (e/n: the doc is talking about how they can participate in bedroom activities)

Elisha was fascinated by the physician’s words, but when she saw Richard next to her, she quickly became irritated.

‘No use saying that, doc. He’s a stone.’

Still, she didn’t let go of his hand.

* * * 

That night, Elisha entered the bedroom in her usual pajamas. There was no need to wear more clothes that didn’t work anyway and only made her feel embarrassed.

As always, Richard laid her on the bed to apply massage cream to her tummy.

He started to spread the cream.

A large hand gently caressed her stomach. It was as if it was touching the most precious thing in the world.

‘It tickles.’

She felt a little ticklish, but it was fine. The warmth transmitted through his skin, his gentle gaze on her stomach, and his concentration so that he did his task carefully.

Watching him made Elisha’s heart feel warm.

Shortly after Richard returned from the war, she saw him indifferent to everything and always hoped he would be happy like ordinary people. Even until the moment when she ran away with his child.

‘But in the end, it was me who brought him that ‘ordinary happiness’.’

Every time she saw him engrossed in the baby, she was really happy with that fact and even felt proud.

“Good night, baby.”

After finishing the father-baby moment, Richard gently kissed Elisha’s belly. She flinched feeling his touch.

The feeling of moist, hot lips touching her bare skin made the inside of her stomach somehow hot. At the same time, his hand, gently caressing her stomach, felt warm. She couldn’t help but feel hot. Her heart started to beat hard in her chest.

Richard, who had said goodbye to the baby in the womb, raised his head. Elisha’s gaze was directed at his reddish lips.

“Then let’s go to s–”

Even before his words were over, Elisha wrapped her hands around his cheeks and pulled him. She kissed his defenseless lips.

“…!”

Feeling the unexpected kiss, Richard’s eyes shook violently. Elisha clasped their lips together clumsily, then slowly pulled them apart and looked at him.

“Richard…”

The moment their eyes met while she called out his name like a sigh, a heat flashed in his frozen red eyes.

His eyes were like those of a beast who could swallow her at any moment. Elisha’s heart was beating so loud she could feel the echo in her ears.

Startled, Elisha tried to look away, but a large hand lifted her chin, blocking her escape. Caught in Richard’s warm hands, she looked up at him helplessly.

The red eyes that caught the gleaming light for the glowstone were as hot as the hands holding her cheeks. Elisha felt like her whole face was being heated by a fire.

Richard growled in a very low tone, approaching her slowly.

“Don’t run away.”

“…”

“You were the one who started it.”

As soon as those words escaped, his ravenous lips covered hers.