Don’T Get Caught By Your Husband! [EN]: Chapter 125

Don’t Get Caught by Your Husband! Extra Story 4. Husband’s Birthday (2)

#Extra Story 4. Husband’s Birthday (2)

2024.06.08.

“Welcome, Madam.”

Volff opened the castle gate with a benevolent smile. Belladonna nodded and stepped inside, where the lights were brightly lit.

Huh.

When she was excitedly running around outside, she didn’t feel the cold, but as soon as she entered the warm castle, she felt her body relax instantly with the cozy warmth.

And sleepy…….

After having the baby, she would fall asleep several times a day as if losing consciousness.

I thought I was holding up well today, but I’m sleepy as soon as I get back.

Belladonna tried to pull herself together and pointed to what the knights standing behind her were holding.

“Volff, please take good care of these and bring them to my room tomorrow.”

“Understood. But…… what are all these?”

“Gifts for Escalio.”

“Huh? Gifts for the Lord? All of these?”

Yeah, I knew you’d make that face.

She smiled slightly as she confirmed his somewhat displeased expression and nodded.

“Yes. And I’m a little tired, so I think I need to take a bath…….”

“……Ah, yes! I’ll tell Cindy to prepare warm water.”

“Thank you.”

Belladonna glanced back at Volff, who was still bewildered and ordering the knights to come in, then hummed a little tune and went upstairs to her room.

* * *

“Ugh, it’s warm…….”

Belladonna let out a long sigh and stretched her legs as she soaked in the tub filled with hot water. This is so nice……. So relaxing.

She played with the bubbles on the water for a while, then put her hand inside and stroked her round belly.

Does the baby like bathing in warm water too?

At that moment, Cindy, who was sitting behind her and brushing her hair, asked.

“Madam, Mrs. Ditney gave you a new perfume as a gift. Shall I bring it now?”

“Ah, would you?”

Mrs. Ditney, a jewel merchant who periodically visited Griblatta Castle, would occasionally give her surprise gifts like this.

And most of the things she gifted were well-suited to Belladonna’s taste.

A new perfume, that sounds so nice.

On days like today when I’ve been out for a long time, just smelling a pleasant scent would relieve all the fatigue.

“Please wait a moment! I’ll be right back.”

Belladonna nodded to Cindy, who immediately got up from her seat.

Belladonna watched her leave and leaned her neck against the edge of the tub.

Her body relaxed, she slowly blinked her eyes and looked at the pattern on the ceiling, then slowly tilted her head to the right.

* * *

“……Oh.”

Belladonna quickly straightened her head and inhaled. She blinked her eyes for a moment and looked around.

It was a bathroom full of hot steam. Ah, I was taking a bath in the bathroom……. When did I fall asleep?

Swish, swish.

From behind, she could hear Cindy, who had already returned, brushing her hair with the new perfume.

Belladonna cleared her throat to pretend she wasn’t asleep and spoke.

“The new perfume smells really good.”

As expected, Mrs. Ditney knows my taste so well.

Anyway, I must have been really tired; I dozed off in that short amount of time…….

Belladonna stretched her arms forward as if stretching and groaned.

“I feel like I’m going to fall asleep right after the bath. I don’t even have the strength to walk to the bed right now…….”

“Don’t worry. I’ll take you there.”

“Eek!?”

At the sudden thick, low voice, Belladonna lifted her upper body from the tub with a strange noise.

Holding her pounding heart, she turned her body around.

Wha, wha, what?

The sound of splashing water echoed through the quiet bathroom.

“Why?”

The person sitting in the place where Cindy should have been was none other than Escalio.

He was barely sitting on the small chair that didn’t fit his size, holding a brush in one hand and a perfume bottle in the other, looking at her.

He stared at Belladonna, who had widened her eyes and froze, and opened his mouth with a nonchalant face.

“What are you surprised about? It’s not like I’m in a place where I shouldn’t be.”

“Wh, when did you come in?”

“While you were sleeping.”

“Where’s Cindy?”

Escalio shrugged and spat out.

“I sent her out. I said I’d do it.”

“Oh, ah……. I see…….”

“What’s with that reaction? It’s almost disappointing.”

“It’s not that, I was just a little surprised…….”

Belladonna swallowed hard and slowly turned her body.

As she awkwardly showed her back, Escalio reached out and removed the hair that was wet and stuck to her back.

As his hard, hot hand touched her back, Belladonna flinched and cowered.

The calloused, rough palm roughly stroked her delicate skin.

Escalio nonchalantly grabbed her hair with his palm and gently brushed it down with a comb.

“…….”

“But is this how you do it? The maid used to do it like this.”

“Y, yes.”

Belladonna answered quietly. She curled her toes and licked her already dry lips.

Ah, wh, why am I so nervous all of a sudden?

It had been a long time since this kind of close contact after learning about the pregnancy.

‘Sometimes he would playfully pounce on me……’

Even then, it was only for that moment, and he didn’t make it any harder for her beyond that.

‘I, it’s just a bath! He’s just brushing my hair! But why am I so nervous!’

Belladonna blinked her eyes quickly, trying to regain her composure.

At that moment, Escalio’s low voice was heard from behind.

“I heard you went out today.”

“Ah, yes. I went to the market with Scarlett. I heard there was a market in the city for the first time in a while…….”

“Good job.”

She was worried that she would be scolded for being out in the cold for a long time, but he nodded calmly, unexpectedly.

She glanced back and opened her mouth again.

“Scarlett…… bought me a lot of baby shoes and baby clothes.”

“Baby shoes and clothes?”

“Yes. She even bought me three pairs of tiny and cute baby shoes, and I can’t even count how many baby clothes she bought.”

“She’s generous, just like someone I know.”

Escalio chuckled and let go of her hair that he was holding.

He picked up the perfume bottle, poured a lot into his palm, and rubbed his hands together to warm them.

Belladonna waited quietly, feeling the bathroom filled with moisture gradually filling with a sweet scent.

Soon, hot, rough palms touched her shoulders and neck.

Belladonna flinched and lowered her head.

“U, ugh…….”

“Wait. I’ll massage you with perfume. You’re too stiff, you know.”

It’s because of you!

Belladonna shouted inwardly, clenching her eyes shut.

At bath time, when her body should be relaxed, she’s getting stiffer and stiffer with tension because of you!

“Bella, relax your body. Why are you doing this? Is it because the water is cold?”

“It’s not that…….”

But Escalio, who had no idea what she was thinking, got up from his chair and started to get even closer to her.

He concentrated with all his might and began to massage her shoulders, arms, and legs with care.

“Ugh…….”

I, it’s kind of refreshing?

The initial tension was only temporary, and Belladonna, who had already relaxed her body, let out a small breath and relaxed her body.

As expected of a knight who knows how to handle the body, it was fantastic to gently loosen the stiff muscles with appropriate force.

“Escalio, it’s really refreshing……!”

“Is it really refreshing? I don’t know how much strength I should be using. It feels like I’m just pretending to knead with two fingers.”

“It’s absolutely the best…….”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

Escalio, who was looking at Belladonna floating like a water-soaked stuffed doll, chuckled and lowered his head.

He put his hands under her body and lifted Belladonna, who couldn’t come to her senses, up.

She instinctively leaned her forehead against his chest and closed her eyes. Sleepy…….

“Bella, don’t fall asleep yet. You have to dry your hair before you sleep.”

“But I’m sleepy…….”

“You’ll catch a cold.”

Escalio took Belladonna out and put her down on the floor, then opened the closet door and looked for a large gown.

He put the clothes in her arms, who still couldn’t come to her senses, and immediately began to button them up.

His arm, which was buttoning down in order from the top, stopped at her round, swollen belly.

“…….”

Escalio looked down at her with a complicated face.

It was unfamiliar to see her flat stomach bulging out to the fullest.

It was hard to believe that her small and delicate body, which seemed like it would break at any moment, was enduring this difficult process.

How much longer does it have to go on?

Escalio tightened his jaw.

These days, he thought a hundred times a day that if he could, he wanted to be in pain instead of his wife.

If I had known it would be this hard, if I had, I would have been more careful…….

“Escalio.”

At that moment, Belladonna was startled and carefully called his name.

Escalio quickly changed his low expression and met her eyes.

“Yes, Bella.”

“Did you feel it just now?”

“What?”

Belladonna was looking up at him with sparkling eyes that had completely lost their sleepiness.

She put her hands on her belly, widened her eyes, and opened her mouth.

“Did you feel it kick my belly just now?!”

“……The baby? It kicked your belly?”

“Yes! It kicked hard from the inside!”

How dare you……. How dare you kick your mother?

Escalio’s jaw tightened again.