TRCR 99

“What filthy good weather.”

After several days of drizzly late-autumn rain, today the sky had cleared as if blessed by the gods.

Zeppelin squinted against the warm sunlight, shielding his eyes with his hand.

“I wanted to go too…….”

Supported by two maids, Alicia stepped outside with a pout.

She had come to see Zeppelin off as he boarded the carriage.

Zeppelin gazed silently at Alicia’s rounded belly before briefly kissing her forehead.

“Your due date is near, so you mustn’t overexert yourself. Your health comes first—rest here comfortably. I’ll bring back generous gifts when I return.”

“If you insist…….”

Alicia blushed shyly at Zeppelin’s open display of affection.

She should be used to it by now, but every time he treated her like a true countess, her heart raced uncontrollably.

Whenever his handsome face turned toward her, Alicia inevitably felt like a girl experiencing first love.

Yet she did…