The Monstrous Grand Duke’s Fake Lady

Chapter 140

It had been a while since she last laid him down, who was almost as big as the bed itself. When she saw him lying down without even moving an inch, she couldn’t move her feet at all.

Eventually, Vivian entrusted the inn to Ez before taking a seat right next to him.

His face that was much better than it was before had eventually soothed her heart. His lips, which were tinted with purple before, had also become much healthier as well.

Where did he even get hurt like this? Vivian caressed the scars between his fingers. The wounds weren’t big enough to get treated, but his hands were covered with various scars. She suddenly felt like she could understand the danger of his nature of work.

A small groan rang inside Vivian’s ears. As she raised her head, his relaxed forehead immediately wrinkled and his eyelids began trembling.

“Are you awake now?”

“…Vivian?”

His eyes were moving slowly. Acting as if he had returned to the time when he couldn’t use his eyes fully, he smiled—seemingly dumbfounded.

“Am I finally going crazy because I miss you too much? ……seems like I really am hallucinating.”

Even while he was mumbling faintly, he still didn’t take his eyes off of her.

Although he was the one who called it a hallucination, he just couldn’t take his eyes off that mirage. Just like a person who had rushed over there, he was desperate over a mirage that could vanish abruptly at any moment.

Vivian then grabbed his fidgety hands. Surprised by the sudden touch, Knox’s eyes opened even wider than earlier and she spoke to him rather curtly.

“Have you ever seen such a vivid hallucination before?”

“…Vivian? Is that really you?”

“Yes. It’s me.”

As he quickly raised his upper body at Vivian’s words, he groaned—ugh. When the bandage, which had wrapped around most parts of his upper body, was slightly spurting out blood, she grabbed him by the shoulder and laid him down gently once more.

“Be careful, please. The wound is still open, so it will hurt a whole lot. The doctor said that it’ll take a long time to truly heal.”

Knox’s chest instantly stiffened at her touch. The inflated chest was finally returned to its original position only after her hand had fallen off.

“Here……”

“My inn. I just couldn’t pretend that I didn’t see you collapse, so I moved you over here.”

“I didn’t mean to bother you…… I’m sorry.”

“Is that a problem?”

At that moment, she closed her lips as she remembered that she had firmly told him not to bother her at all.

Why are you still listening to me foolishly even at this moment? Vivian just couldn’t comprehend. Instead of asking, she then changed the topic.

“……How did you get hurt?”

“It was nothing. I was caught a bit off guard while executing my mission.”

“Are you saying that you let down your guard during this kind of dangerous mission?”

Knox’s words instantly lost their way at her sharp rebuke.

She was right. Usually he wouldn’t be the one to get injured during a mission. The terms “imperial wolf” or “a monster” weren’t meant for nothing.

However, the problem was that he had a lot of thoughts before receiving the said mission. When he relaxed his thoughts for a moment, he remembered Vivian with the man on her side and that had truly got on his nerves.

He had been bothered by it ever since the first time he met her at the inn. He was bothered about the man who had always been next to her and how she had been getting along with other men around her as well. Furthermore, a child was already in her arms when he could finally meet her after quite some time only.

“It hasn’t been long since your eyes got better. You better refrain yourself from doing anything dangerous as of now.”

He smiled unconsciously when he saw that Vivian was seemingly worried about his safety.

“Still, I like it. Since I got hurt, you came even closer to me.”

“Please don’t say something like that!”

Eventually, Vivian struck her hand lightly against his back. It wasn’t that strong, but he let out a sound that didn’t quite seem to be a whine as well. Unlike before, when she didn’t offer him a gentle look, he then stopped exaggerating.

“The doctor already said not to move excessively for the time being.”

“Is it okay for me to be around like this? You……”

He uttered but soon stopped himself.

It was really dangerous. Whenever he had slightly relaxed his nerves, it would become like this all of a sudden. He continued to stare at her round eyes before carefully speaking out.

“Isn’t there a man whom I saw before?”

Vivian could easily recognize ‘the man’ who Knox was talking about. His still bothered appearance had made him look like a reachable person for the first time ever.

“Then, can I go back to his side now?”

“No.”

Knox’s expression changed abruptly at Vivian’s question.

“No. Please don’t go, Vivian.”

He looked absolutely desperate. His anxiety about the possibility of her leaving at any moment was revealed through his hand that had been grabbing onto her wrist—like he was seizing her.