Don’T Get Caught By Your Husband! [EN]: Chapter 124

Don’t Get Caught by Your Husband! Extra Story 3. Husband’s Birthday (1)

#Extra Story 3. Husband’s Birthday (1)

2024.06.08.

A few months later.

“Lady, are you really going to be alright?”

Cindy looked at Belladonna, who was getting ready to go out, with worried eyes.

She glanced back and forth between the scenery outside the window, which was still full of cold air, and Belladonna, who was bundled up in thick clothes.

Belladonna nodded, struggling to button her coat over her now-round belly.

“Yes! I have to go out today.”

“But…….”

“Escalion’s overprotectiveness has kept me from even stepping on snow all winter. Do you know how suffocating that is?”

“That’s because you’re not strong, my lady. The weather is getting colder, and you stubbornly refuse to go to the southern townhouse.”

“Why would the lord’s wife leave the territory?”

Belladonna glared at Cindy, who kept trying to stop her, not unkindly, and completely buttoned up her coat.

Cindy reluctantly approached her and smoothed out her coat, opening her mouth.

“Still, the lord often wrapped you in thick blankets, scooped you up, and took you for walks around here.”

That’s true, but…….

Belladonna recalled the times when she said she felt suffocated, and he would warmly wrap her up as much as possible, then lift her up and take her for a walk.

Still, sometimes she wanted to go out without Escalion!

“Volf said a market opened in Gribalta for the first time in a while.”

“I heard. How about going together when the lord comes back later?”

“Escalion is busy. He said there are many public facilities that need repair work as the ice melts after winter.”

Belladonna muttered as if protesting in a small voice.

In fact, the fact that he was very busy right now was the perfect opportunity.

She took a resolute breath and looked out the window at the scenery where the melted ice was dripping from the ends of the branches.

In fact, there was another reason why she wanted to go outside in search of freedom.

The reason why she wanted to go to the market, defying Cindy’s concerns and keeping it a secret from Escalion, was…….

‘……Because tomorrow is Escalion’s birthday!’

Belladonna clenched her fists again and strengthened her firm will.

“Cindy doesn’t need to come with me today. Scarlett said she would go with me.”

“Yes, yes, I understand. So, I just need to make you look like a commoner so you can move around comfortably today, right?”

“Yes!”

Cindy nodded, wrapping a thick, soft scarf around Belladonna’s neck.

* * *

“Madam!”

Turning her head towards the sound, she saw Scarlett raising her arm high and waving.

Confirming her energetic appearance, Belladonna smiled and approached.

“Scarlett!”

“Wow! Your belly is more… a lot bigger than last time?”

Scarlett’s eyes widened as she looked at Belladonna’s figure, which had changed a lot in the past few months. Belladonna placed her hand on her belly as if embarrassed and replied.

“It changes so much every day that even I’m surprised.”

“Then let’s not overdo it today and move slowly!”

Scarlett took her hand and led her to the market.

The square, which had regained its vitality with the end of the long winter and the arrival of spring, was filled with people smiling happily.

Those who had been avoiding the cold inside their homes all winter seemed very excited to breathe the outside air for the first time in a long time.

Belladonna, who was also in a good mood, took a step forward, swinging her arms back and forth as if she was excited.

The air, which still contained a slight chill, lingered refreshingly at the tip of her nose.

“What would Escalion like?”

Belladonna muttered as she walked side by side with Scarlett, looking around the stalls.

A birthday.

It was purely by chance that she found out about his birthday. She recalled a conversation with Scarlett a few weeks ago.

* * *

One evening in the drawing room, Belladonna looked at the soft velvet dress Scarlett was wearing and smiled.

She thought she had chosen well, even though she had chosen it herself. Seeing the purple dress that suited Scarlett’s image so well, she felt proud.

At Scarlett’s words, Belladonna burst into laughter and picked up her teacup.

<……?>

Birthday?

At the unexpected words, Belladonna stopped her hand holding the teacup.

Scarlett tilted her head and asked, confirming her dazed face.

Oh……. A birthday present?

Belladonna blinked her eyes and slowly raised the corners of her mouth with an awkward face. She couldn’t control her expression at all.

* * *

“Kyaa! Madam! Look at this! It’s so cute!”

At Scarlett’s sudden scream, Belladonna suddenly snapped out of her thoughts.

Scarlett, who had already gone ahead, found a small baby shoe at a stall and was jumping up and down in place.

The stall owner put his hands on his hips with a proud smile.

“I designed and sewed it myself! You can’t buy this anywhere else!”

“Madam! Can I buy this for you? I want to buy my nephew’s first shoes. I really, really do!”

Belladonna approached them with a small smile.

“It’s really cute…….”

She muttered, placing the baby shoes that Scarlett handed her on the palm of her hand.

So small……. Can you walk with such tiny feet?

“Oh, it looks like the day to meet a cute angel is not far away?”

The owner said, scanning Belladonna’s body. She nodded as if she was doing a favor and showed her fingers.

“If you buy two now, I’ll give you one more! It’s a special service.”

“I’ll buy it! Right now!”

Scarlett’s eyes twinkled as she scanned the stall.

She kept touching the baby shoes lined up and making strange exclamations.

“This is also cute……. Ugh! This is also so cute! What about you, Madam? Ugh, what about this?”

“They’re all cute! Scarlett, please choose for me.”

“Ugh, what about this? Ah! There’s also this! There’s a lot of lace here……!”

Leaving Scarlett with an expression that was hard to tell whether it was sadness or joy, Belladonna turned her body slightly and looked at other stalls.

Baby shoes were baby shoes, but it was more urgent to buy Escalion’s birthday present.

‘I didn’t know last year, so I just passed it by…….’

Maybe it was right after I came back from Astanya around this time last year, and I felt sorry and sorry for not taking care of him properly.

Maybe he wouldn’t care about birthdays and wouldn’t care…….

“Hmm.”

Belladonna frowned and fell into thought.

Things Escalion needs! What could it be?

Clothes or shoes? The merchants who regularly visited Gribalta Castle were responsible for that.

A weapon like a sword? She didn’t know anything about that.

If she bought something clumsy, it would be useless to him.

Delicious food? It was too good to worry about that, the chef of Gribalta was so good.

‘What should I give him when he has everything he needs!’

“Madam, I don’t think you need to give my brother a birthday present.”

Scarlett, who had already put three cute baby shoes in a bag, said. Belladonna turned to look at her.

“Why?”

“You’re giving him a more valuable gift than anything this time.”

Scarlett said, pointing to her belly.

“But last year too……!”

“Last year, you came back to Gribalta, so that would have been the biggest gift for my brother.”

But I can’t accept that!

Belladonna shook her head.

“I need something special. Something that can be a big, unforgettable memory on his only birthday of the year.”

“You’ve chosen the most difficult item.”

“I can find it!”

Belladonna turned her body again and looked at the stalls lined up to the end of the square.

There are so many things, so I’m sure I can find one that I like, right? Today, I had to buy his gift here.

“Scarlett, how about a sword stand decoration over there?”

“Not bad.”

“What about a fountain pen? He has a lot of work, so he can put it in his office and use it, right?”

“That’s also good.”

At the somehow insincere answer, Belladonna turned her head and looked at Scarlett.

She was so engrossed in the baby shoes she bought that she was just looking inside the bag and smiling.

What, aren’t you focusing on me?

“Scarlett! Please answer properly!”

“Oh, really……. How can it be so cute? Madam, shall we go see baby clothes?”

“Baby clothes are not important……!”

“Come here! Come and see this!”

At that time, a thin voice caught her attention.

Belladonna, who was grabbing Scarlett, who was about to rush to the baby clothes stall, turned her head without realizing it and looked at the place where the voice came from.

“Oh, that’s……?”