Chapter 149
And then, I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.
To confirm that Charlotte is really pregnant?
With that purpose, they decided to form a consensus and falsely accuse her.
Is this really something that nobles would do? They really had no other options and had to resort to such extreme measures as staging this false accusation at Peter's place, would it be enough to simply insist that Charlotte is not pregnant?
――No, it couldn't be that simple. If one could just touch Charlotte's stomach, they'd be able to tell if she was pregnant or not.
How stupid and naive I was.
As nobles, they would use any ruthless means necessary to maintain their status as nobles.
They would pretend to touch her belly to confirm their suspicions, and use some drastic measure that likely hurting not only the child in her womb, but also Charlotte herself.
I clenched my fist without even realizing it