The duke's wife is a man

CHAPTER 13

"you can't possibly believe that?" Ridge asked Zeon with furrowed brows.

"Your grace, shouldn't we take this up to his highness? This could be an opportunity to get rid of Viscount Mishka." Ridge said.

"Do you really think Viscount Mishka would own up to this? He'll probably cut off his own son and deny any involvement," A man wearing a white chemise shirt with his feet propped up the table scoffed at Ridges proposal.

"Even if we do bring this up, the people think of him as a loving and caring father, the church seems to also have a connection with them. Compared to him and Zeon's reputation, who do you think  the people would side with?" He added.

"address him as your grace, Haikan."

"Yeah yeah " Haikan said,  waving his hands nonchalantly at Ridge.

"Then what should we do about Lord Jaey? He may have come here with ulterior motive..."

"He did." Haikan said looking at Zeon who has tapping his fingers on his desk and sat with an empty gaze.

"To do what?" Ridge asked, surprised at Haikan's confident expression. 

" to sleep with Zeon" haikan said laughing out loud. Ridge's expecting Express soon fell apart and was replaced by a scornful look.

"Wow, but don't you think lord Jaey is very bold. He said I love you not I like You." Haikan said with a breathy laugh. "there's no way he was telling the truth" Ridge replied with a skeptical look. Haikan laughed.

"Because you can't believe someone would actually fall in love with Zeon?" Haikan said with an obnoxious laugh. Ridge did not reply but just as Haikan had said, Ridge couldn't believe someone would actually find Zeon as   a lover material.

"You've been addressing his Grace Informally again, you must call his grace, his grace." Ridge said, avoiding Haikan's previous statement. 

"Then what do we do with him" Ridge asked  preferably to Zeon.

"For now, the best choice is to play along. We'll see wether what he said was a lie or not." Haikan said "sooner or later the truth'll come out" he added.

"But what if he was a actually telling the truth?" Haikan asked after a moment of silence between them. He unconsciously gazed towards Zeon who had been silent up till now, the sound of his fingers tapping the wooden desk seemed to get louder and louder.

"You should be more worried about what we'd do if he was lying" Ridge said, placing a stack of papers on Zeons desk.

Zeon suddenly stood up and placed his coat on before walking away from the two who followed him with their gaze.

"Where are you going?" Ridge asked, confused and surprised.

"Breakfast." Zeon answered in a dry manner. "You don't eat breakfast though?" Ridge said tilting his head in confusion. Zeon pretended not to hear and continued walking until he left the two, Haikan and Ridge, alone in his study.

Haikan suddenly laughed out loud while Ridge stared at the door in silence.

"Wow I can't believe this" Haikan said wiping a tear on the corner of his eyes after laughing too much. "I'm going crazy worrying and suspecting and the both of you are enjoying this?" Ridge said in disbelief.

"It's been awhile since I saw him so amused" haikan said, finally calming down. "I don't think your supposed to be supportive right now." Ridge said.

"For someone who killed his brothers and mother, he sure is carefree." Haikan said.

"Is he really the same person I saw on the battlefield" Ridge said shaking his head before sourly looking at the stack of paper he previously placed on Zeons desk, which he was expecting Zeon would finish today.