Chapter 129 - 3.69 Is It Time?
The day of Princess Rosemane’s execution arrived without a hitch. For her severe crime of harming the Emperor and the mastermind of bombing case in her half-brother’s wedding, Princess Rosemane’s execution would be done in the middle of the City Square, shown to the public as a warning and assurance that the law was fair and she would receive her due punishment regardless of her status as a Princess.
As soon as the dawn broke, she was paraded along the street, limbs chained securely without any chance of breaking free. She looked pallid, her eyes hollow as if she was left with only an empty shell. The public’s outrage peaked at her appearance and some of them began to throw rotten eggs, vegetables and tomatoes at her. Rosemane flinched when the tomato hit her squarely on her forehead, the red juice running down her body like blood.
The situation turned rowdy and Elite Guards worked in attention to keep the crowd under control. Curses were hurled, one was more cruel than the other. Nonetheless, the horse omega didn’t even give a response. She kept walking, walking and walking, as if her soul had flown out somewhere.
"We don’t have to watch it if you don’t want to," Lu Yizhou said with a deep frown between his brows.
Oliver was entering the fourth month of his pregnancy. The baby bump grew larger, enough for Oliver to receive curious gazes everytime he went out. And Oliver was proud of it. He always made sure to wear fitting clothes and leggings instead of the maternity gown which he loathed with his all — "Oh come on. It makes me look like an inverted cone!" He complained and batted his lashes coyly. "Don’t lie, Altair. I know you like how my ass looks when I’m dressed like this." — he was so insistent that Lu Yizhou was bereft of choices.
Oliver loved his baby, a lot. Lu Yizhou could see it from the watery sheen on his eyes everytime the bump grew a bit larger, the way he stroked his belly and talked to it, the way he hummed and read to it everyday, the way he always playfully nudged the bump to Lu Yizhou’s back and imitated adorable baby voice, and the way his eyes sparkled as he talked about how their baby’s appearance would be most of the night before he fell asleep in Lu Yizhou’s embrace — "I told you it will be a she! And she will have your eyes, your wings and my ears!" He’d said excitedly. Lu Yizhou merely hummed in response, he would agree to whatever Oliver said.
The baby hadn’t even formed fully yet, but Oliver had been exuding such a strong maternal love that Lu Yizhou was sure that he would bite the hands of anyone who dared to stare at his belly longer than necessary. Not that Lu Yizhou would ever allow that to happen.
One thing which Lu Yizhou was relieved of was that Oliver no longer felt nauseous as soon as he entered the second trimester. He could eat normally again and Lu Yizhou couldn’t describe how good he felt to see more flesh growing on Oliver’s cheeks, arms and inner thigh, making the omega’s body soft and squishy all over. Lu Yizhou felt like he could melt every time they made love and he sank into Oliver’s tender warmth. His mind would go numb and only the swirling euphoria chorused in his blood. He really couldn’t get enough.
Oliver was happy, safe and healthy. But it didn’t mean that Lu Yizhou would allow him to see such a bloody and gruesome scene. There was no need for them to be present for Rosemane’s execution thus he had Derek connect the live video so that Oliver could watch it within the safe comfort of their home — after Oliver’s repeated plea, of course. If it went according to Lu Yizhou ’s wishes, he would prefer Oliver not to know anything at all. Oblivion was bliss, as the saying went.
However, he saw the flicker of determination on Oliver’s eyes and knew that he wouldn’t be able to change his mind. "I want to," he inhaled deeply. "I have to see this to the end."
"Very well," Lu Yizhou sighed. They were currently lounging in the bed so he pulled Oliver closer so that they were sitting front to back. Oliver’s body went pliant as soon as he leaned back onto Lu Yizhou’s chest and he tugged on the Alpha’s arms to circle around his body. Lu Yizhou complied, placing a palm right across the baby bump as a gesture of comfort.