The Villain's End Is Pregnancy - c33
“Careful my foot! I have no intention of d-d-dating you, you know?”
Ryan stuttered when saying the word ‘dating’ but still denied it strongly. Then, belatedly, he felt another surge of emotion and glared fiercely.
“So did Your Majesty personally come all the way here to tell me that? Go and tell them clearly. We have no relationship whatsoever!”
I was trying my best to connect him with his destined partner, but the real major obstacle was Hendrick. For the first time, Ryan felt conflicted.
‘Should I just tell him everything?’
That I regained memories of my past life, or more precisely, the life before I possessed this body. That in it, you will meet a fiancée named Julian and live happily ever after.
So don’t pay attention to me who is just an outsider to you two, and enjoy your time together.
Then I’ll bring a grand wedding gift.
“It’s not untrue though.”
Ryan’s thoughts were cut off by the firm tone. At first, he thought it was an answer given after reading his mind and was startled.
Then, barely recalling the flow of the conversation, he glared and shouted as if protesting.
“It’s not true!”
“You sure?”
“Of course!”
“On the night of the coming-of-age party…”
“Ah, geez! That was just an accident.”
Ryan covered his ears as if he didn’t want to hear any more before Hendrick even finished his sentence. His ears felt like they would develop calluses from the topic that kept coming up every chance it got.
“You…don’t tell me you told His Majesty about that too?”
He shouldn’t have. He better not have. Ryan opened his eyes fiercely, still with his hands over his ears. He doesn’t seem to realize that look is not threatening at all but rather just looks cute.
Hendrick surreptitiously shifted his gaze far away. And Ryan’s mouth fell open.
“I’m leaving!”
As soon as the warning light went off in his head, he turned his body around. He thought he needed to get out of this situation first.
“Hey, let go!”
However, before he could even take two steps, his arm was grabbed. He tried to shake it off by swinging it this way and that, but failed. It wasn’t gripping painfully tight, but strangely it seemed impossible to pull out.
“He doesn’t know the details, so don’t worry.”
You think that’s reassuring?!
“Anyway, it means he knows about what happened that day!”
“He just knows we rested together at the villa while drunk.”
Ryan turned his head and stared intently at Hendrick. However, it was difficult to judge whether the indifferent face was true or false.
After all, maybe it’s because he’s a prince who has been trained to control his emotions since he was young, but they don’t show unless it’s extreme.
“Really?”
When Ryan asked dubiously, Hendrick’s head willingly moved up and down.
“Yeah. If he knew the truth, neither His Majesty nor your parents would have stayed still.”
Come to think of it, that’s true. If it became known that an alpha and omega who just became adults had an accident of spending the night together?
Not only Count and Countess Fitzroy, but also Catherine and Edgar would not have ended it with haha hoho laughter like now.
‘I really had no sense of crisis.’
He opened his mouth at the belated realization. These days, there are so many things to worry about that he had forgotten the most fundamental problem.
“Okay. Got it. I won’t interrogate you further about that.”
Ryan, who paused for a moment, pulled his arm out of Hendrick’s grasp. Unlike earlier, it separated easily this time.
“Let’s not see each other for a while. I think that would be for the best.”
Ryan firmly pushed away Hendrick’s hand that was still stuck to his arm until then. He had already forgotten that he had asked him to go to Liam’s birthday party together while eating earlier.
Because to Ryan now, keeping distance from Hendrick was the biggest task.
“What?”
“At times like this when there are rumors, it’s best not to give room for misunderstanding, right? So…”
“Ryan, are you serious?”
Ryan frowned. Hendrick’s face asking if he was serious had hardened like a rock.
“I thought we had gotten a little closer these days, but I guess it was my misunderstanding.”
Moreover, I don’t know why his tone is so bitter. Ryan unconsciously recalled how he and Hendrick had been getting along recently.
“No, what I mean is, if you and I are together for no reason, it will make people say strange things…”
“Do you really have no feelings for me at all?”
“What?”
“I’m asking if you really have no intention of dating.”
“I told you earlier. I don’t.”
I’ve said it several times, but I don’t know why Hendrick keeps pretending he can’t hear it. Ryan put strength into saying he doesn’t this time to make sure he remembers it clearly.
“Why?”
“What do you mean why!”
“What’s the reason?”
Why is he being so persistent today of all days? He would have just let it go thinking that’s how it is. As expected, there must have been a problem with the conversation he had with the king.
“Tell me in a way I can understand.”
Ryan couldn’t hastily open his mouth at the face that now looked desperate.
“You don’t have to answer right away. But I want you to think seriously too. About whether we really can’t date, and how you will tell me that reason.”
Having said that, Hendrick told Ryan to go ahead and turned around first. Watching his receding back, Ryan suddenly blurted out.
“What is there to think about or not.”
It’s an impossible premise in the first place. The person who will be responsible for Hendrick’s future has already appeared.
But it’s strange.
Rather than Hendrick’s serious words, his expression keeps coming to mind.
‘Should I have said something?’
Maybe I couldn’t convince Hendrick because I just said it’s not possible without reason. It was my mistake of being too focused on the future and not properly looking at the present reality.
It was when he was deciding that the next time they meet, he should prepare a plausible story that would make him back off right away.
“Sir Ryan. The carriage is ready outside.”
“Eek! You startled me.”
“Ah, I apologize for surprising you.”
When Ryan turned around sharply, Peter quickly apologized.
“No, it’s okay. I was lost in thought so I didn’t even know you came. But I didn’t tell anyone?”
He found the answer himself while asking. It seemed Hendrick had called the attendant and given orders. When he followed Peter outside, as expected, the carriage was waiting at the entrance.
“Then please go safely, Sir Ryan.”
Ryan nodded.
“Tell Hendrick I said thank you.”
At those words, Peter opened his mouth. It seemed he had something to say, so Ryan waited quietly.
“Speak, Peter. It’s alright.”
When nothing came out no matter how long he waited, Ryan finally suggested first.
“It’s nothing, Sir Ryan. I will see you next time.”
Ryan, who understood that it must not be something easy to say, nodded and got on the carriage.
‘Think seriously about whether we really can’t date, and how you will tell me that reason.’
The words Hendrick had thrown at him suddenly flashed through his mind, but he tried hard to shake them off.
* * *
“Since your heat cycle ended yesterday, it’ll be our youngest’s turn soon.”
The Countess looked at Catherine, who had her arm linked with hers.
“How did he say he would spend it this time?”
“Well? There hasn’t been any talk yet.”
Ryan is a dominant omega, so his heat cycle is fairly regular. So he had told his family a few days in advance whether he would spend it at home or use the villa in the suburbs, but this time there was no separate mention.
“Come to think of it, Ryan has been a little busy these days.”
As if she remembered something, a mischievous smile appeared on Catherine’s lips.
“I wonder if he’ll spend it with Prince Hendrick…”
Her tone was also playful.
“Girl! They’re not even engaged yet, how could they do that already?”
“I’m just saying, based on how the prince has been treating Ryan lately, it seems he’d be more than willing to.”
The Countess lightly hit the back of Catherine’s hand that was linked with her arm, not hard enough to hurt. No matter what, an alpha and omega who have become adults cannot spend a rut or heat cycle together without even being engaged.
“Still, don’t bring that up anywhere else. The prince is handling it well, we shouldn’t interfere.”
“I will.”
Catherine, who answered with a cheerful laugh, casually turned her head. Then, she sharply caught sight of the seal engraved on the carriage crossing the garden, like an eagle’s eye.
“It looks like Ryan is coming back.”
“Hm?”
“The royal carriage is here.”
Just then, the carriage stopped in front of the mansion and the door was opening. As expected, the one who got out from inside was Ryan.
“As I thought, it seems the prince is taking good care of him.”
Sending him in a carriage with the royal family’s seal. Isn’t that full of meaning that Ryan is someone who has a close relationship with him?
“I’ll have to go ask what the two of them did today this time.”
Catherine still spoke as if joking. This time, the Countess did not tell her not to do so. She was curious too.
“I should tell them to prepare the snacks Ryan likes.”
“Yes. Let’s share some tea and snacks while chatting about this and that.”
The two looked into each other’s eyes, grinned, then turned around and walked towards the mansion.