Regrets Of A Second Male Lead

Chapter Eighty Eight: Another Dream (3)

Upon hearing the news, Chloe waited anxiously for Gerard. However, Gerard Blanchett was not just her husband.

There were too many people who needed him, the sword of the Empire.

He wasn't allowed to leave work early for her anymore.

She wondered how many nights she had stayed awake. A few days later, Chloe received a note from Gerard saying he would be back by the end of the day.

Chloe waited for her husband, who still wasn't home, under the dark and starry night sky.

After a long wait, she saw Gerard approaching from afar by horse.

"Honey..."

She couldn't help but run up to him.

"My Lady."

Gerard got off his horse and hugged Chloe gently. His face had turned rough in just a few days. Chloe frowned, feeling sorry for him.

"What about Abel?"

"He fell asleep waiting for you."

Chloe replied while entering the mansion with Gerard.

"What about you, my Lady?"

"Me?"

"Did you not miss me?"

Gerard spoke softly in an attempt to loosen Chloe's stiff expression. His wife's face had been very stiff since earlier.

"I missed you."

Chloe tried to control her stirring emotions upon her husband's remark.

The unexpected news of war. Her husband, who had been appointed to lead the war.

She had been terrified for days while thinking about the dream Catherine had told her. She wondered how to put all those feelings into words.

"...I missed you."

She couldn't express all her feelings just by saying that she missed him, so she hastily added.

"A lot."

And Gerard noticed Chloe's sincerity in her words. He caressed the back of her hand to soothe her.

A brief silence fell over them. Both of them were pretending there was nothing on their mind, but they actually had very complicated thoughts.

In particular, Chloe couldn't bring herself to ask the obvious question. She was afraid to receive an answer from her husband.

"First of all, let's get you washed up and warm."

Chloe removed her hand from his grasp and spoke as they entered the mansion.

"Yes, my Lady."

However, as he was just about to pull away, she grabbed her husband's sleeve.

"Sorry, honey."

She knew she had to ask.

"Yes?"

"...Are you going to participate?"

Chloe stared at his mouth in utter anxiety.

Actually, she hadn't been waiting while on her own. She had asked Karina about the current situation.

However, her older sister only said that nothing has been decided yet regarding Gerard's participation. The Imperial faction and the noble faction were divided.