The Wicked Wife's Dark History Keeps Coming Back To Haunt Her - Chapter 14
As he kept glancing at the entrance, Nina smiled slightly and said,
“I’m sorry, but I’m too unwell to move around. I’ve made sure no one is eavesdropping, so please speak comfortably.”
Before her regression, she had secretive conversations with Count Azelot in her room, but today she intended to speak openly in the drawing room.
Because she wanted to be caught.
So everyone could see how she dealt with him.
“Ahem, well, if you insist…”
Tap.
Count Azelot, with a sly expression, pushed a small glass bottle toward her.
“I came here to give you this.”
Although Nina knew what it was, she pretended not to know.
“What is this?”
“It’s a potion to help with your marriage.”
“A potion…”
As Nina muttered as if intrigued, Count Azelot lowered his voice.
“Aren’t you troubled by your marital issues?”
“…”
“This potion can rekindle the passion of even the most withered couples. It’s exactly what you need.”
It was no surprise that Count Azelot knew about her marital discord, as it was common knowledge and had made Nina a subject of ridicule in high society.
But that didn’t mean it was acceptable for him to bring it up to her face.
Especially regarding such a private matter as their intimate life.
“…So, you’re suggesting I use this potion I know not of to captivate my husband?”
Count Azelot grinned slyly.
“It’s a potion discreetly circulating among noblewomen these days. Its safety is well-established, so you need not worry.”
Nina frowned, feeling the same slimy discomfort as in her previous life.
The lecherous eyes that scanned her body, the suggestive smile on his lips.
It was all too clear what he was imagining.
“Shouldn’t you at least elicit a reaction in me first if you wish to engage in intimacy?”
…But in her previous life, she had been too blinded by rage after hearing such words from her husband.
“Think about it. If my nephew, who already cares deeply for his family, has his own child, how much more will he cherish them?”
“…Do you really think he will change?”
“Of course. Men always change when they have children.”
A child.
If only they had a child together…
At that time, she foolishly harbored hope and held onto the potion as if she were mesmerized.
But at that moment, Ash burst in like a detective catching a criminal.
“I wondered what the two of you were plotting, and it’s quite a sight.”
“H-Honey, this is…”
“You claimed that having a child would change everything, but unfortunately, that’s something we’ll never find out.”
…A child between him and her.
The problem was that she wavered even momentarily at those words.
Even before that, her husband hadn’t treated her like a human being, but after that incident, he looked at her with even more contempt, as if she were less than a bug.
Remembering that, a regretful smile briefly crossed Nina’s lips.
But only for a moment.
Returning to reality, Nina narrowed her eyes and asked,
“So, this potion is supposed to improve the relationship between my husband and me, but I doubt you brought it here out of pure goodwill.”
“It’s nothing serious. My son will soon file a lawsuit to change the guardianship. I came to ask for your support.”
“Support?”
“All you need to do is submit a statement that Ash is unfit to be a guardian.”
“You’re asking me to go against my husband?”
“Go against him? This is for the future heir of House Bayern. You haven’t forgotten that Ian has a claim to the inheritance, have you?”
Nina let out a small laugh.
Was he asking her to get rid of husband’s nephew for the sake of a hypothetical future child?
‘Who knows what you’d do to that poor child if you got your hands on him?’
There was nothing more to hear.
‘It seems my dear husband has arrived just in time…’
Confirming the shadow at the entrance of the drawing room, Nina looked coldly at Count Azelot’s greedy face and spoke.
