Chapter 1 Tick, tock, tick, tock. What should I do? Cold sweat trickled down. Tick, tock. It was the first time the sound of the clock's second hand was so loud. Swallowing dry saliva, I gulped. "I'll ask again. Viscount. No, Lady Cele." "....." "Is Valeri my child?" Karl's gaze relentlessly scanned my face. "Celeste." Each syllable of...
Chapter 1 Tick, tock, tick, tock. What should I do? Cold sweat trickled down. Tick, tock. It was the first time the sound of the clock's second hand was so loud. Swallowing dry saliva, I gulped. "I'll ask again. Viscount. No, Lady Cele." "....." "Is Valeri my child?" Karl's gaze relentlessly scanned my face. "Celeste." Each syllable of the name was pronounced with force. His voice was ice-cold, yet strangely affectionate. However, under his piercing gaze, my shoulders involuntarily shrank. When did he find out? No, when did he start to suspect? Had he been pretending not to notice all this time? My palms started to sweat as I clenched my fists. "...I didn't know either." After much contemplation, those words finally came out. They sounded absurd to anyone's ears. An unmarried mother not kn
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