Duke, I Want a Child

Chapter 23

I guess I’ll have to stop playing. Julia realized that she had gone too far and quietly shook her head.

“That’s what you’re thinking of. Kid, baby, baby, I can’t figure out how to make it myself. Can you help me?”

Of course, even the sincere answer, not a joke, made him bewildered. Seeing him stiffened, she let out a soft sigh. Then she leaned forward slightly and clasped her hands. With her slightly tilted head, her eyes gleaming like dawn looked into his eyes.

“I didn’t ask why you’ve been involved in an unfortunate marriage so far.”

“So you don’t even ask why I want a child, just.” In her transparent eyes, his face, which was greatly shaken, was reflected.

“Let’s just think about what we need from  each other.”

“Or we can negotiate again, and we have plenty of time. No one will interfere with the newlyweds without notice.”

It was reckless. In fact, she was prisoner with no position or support .

Julia moistened her dry lips without making any marks. As a Crown Prince, I never thought that the ‘flowing negotiation’ skills that diplomats praised would be put to use in this way. Also, there is no way to learn and give.

From the beginning, it was said that this would not have happened if the Crown Prince had been in charge of the reception of the imperial envoys, even at the very end of the war. It is said that the tragedy began because the king, who was jealous of the son he had obtained, removed the crown prince from all major events in the royal family under the pretext of being unreliable.

‘Now, what’s the use of all that?’

She was comfortable on the outside and nervous on the inside. Then, after blinking once, his eyes were completely