Chapter 513: mother knows best
"Sweetheart!" Natha quickly scrambled to the bed, hiding the emotions he had just let out beneath a charming smile.
Just making it hard for me to reveal that I heard what he said earlier.
"Is there a problem?" I asked while getting up, dragging my upper body to lean against the pillows and the headrest. "I heard shouting..."
In the end, I just feign ignorance. At this point, if Natha knew I heard what he said, he would just feel even more guilty about a situation that wasn’t his fault in the first place.
"No, no--what could be a problem?" he replied quickly, brushing my hair that had tousled messily during my nap. "Don’t think about anything but getting better, yeah?"
I stared at him; at his dull eyes that betrayed the handsome smile he gave me. He was tired, I could see it. He must have forgo sleep because he was worried about my condition, as well as trying to look for more mana stones. All while the war was happening--the war he had no choice but to support.
Oh, I wanted to console him. I wanted to say it wasn’t his fault. In the first place, the deities wouldn’t make me bear this child if I couldn’t get through this with my body. It was just...a bit hard, yeah. I felt very tired and could barely move, but I wasn’t in pain. Compared to what I experienced in my previous life, it wasn’t hard at all.
But I knew Natha didn’t see it like that. He hated the thought of me going through hardship, and I loved him for it. So I couldn’t just tell him it was alright.
Yeah...all I could do was show him. Showed him that although it was hard, I was still fine.
I looked at him and patted the bed, telling him to sit down. At the corner of my eyes, I could see D’Ara leaving the room--probably to leave us alone, which I appreciated. Obediently, Natha took a seat on the mattress, and I dragged myself to shift into his lap.
"Sweetheart?" Natha caught my arms and pulled me into his lap before I had the need to exert myself. Phew--didn’t think it would be hard to just slip into his embrace like that.