Vol. 4 Chapter 1.6 - Hey, you, beautiful Count. What’s your name? What’s your number?

Vol. 4 Chapter 1.6 - Hey, you, beautiful Count. What’s your name? What’s your number?



The distant sound of thunder could be heard from outside. It seemed like it was going to rain. The rustling leaves brushing against each other sounded like the whispering of ghosts. Suddenly, Aeroc felt scared. He didn’t feel like going back to the study now. Without realizing it, he let go of the pillow he was holding and climbed onto the bed.

“What?”

The bed creaked, and Kloff, who had been sleeping, jolted up in surprise. Aeroc, who had quietly sneaked into the bed, was taken aback. Was Kloff not asleep? No, in the first place, he had wrongly assumed that he wouldn’t be noticed if he sneaked in.

“Angel? What’s happening at such a late hour?”

After confirming his identity, Kloff sighed in relief. He rubbed his eyes and sat up straight in his seat. Aeroc met dark eyes full of doubt. He forgot what he wanted to say. Distant thunder rumbled and howled like a beast.

He couldn’t say that he had snuck in because he felt lonely on this night, and even if he did tell so, it would be frustrating since Kloff wouldn’t understand his situation. His fear turned into sorrow. The person in front of Aeroc was Kloff, but he also wasn’t Kloff. Aeroc missed Kloff, even if he was looking at him right now, he missed him even more. He stayed silent as he felt like he would start crying. Instead, he sank back into bed, making Kloff even more confused.

“Out of nowhere...”

He huddled down on the bed, covering himself with the blanket. Even after Kloff called him out several times, he didn’t give any reply. Instead, Aeroc communicated through gestures by patting the pillow that Kloff had been using, as if telling him to lie down. In his own way, it was a declaration of his unwillingness to leave.

In response, Kloff remained silent for a moment. Sitting up, he ignored the signal and looked down at Aeroc. After a moment of silence, he went to sit on the edge of the bed, as if he was about to leave. That was expected. No alpha would want to be on the same bed with another alpha. Even though Aeroc was a pregnant omega, the amnesiac fool kept thinking Aeroc was an alpha. He pouted his lips. He glanced up at Kloff through the corner of his eyes and thought hard inside his head, ‘Don’t leave, I don’t want to sleep alone.’

After a moment of silence, Kloff asked quietly.

“I thought we were just an accountant and his client?” Follow the latest novels on no/velbin(.)com

It wasn’t wrong, so Aeroc nodded. There was a sound as his hair brushed against the pillow. Kloff tilted his chin. He’s really acting clueless. Why would a real accountant live in someone else’s estate? And simultaneously, Kloff wasn’t even a gardener with a hot body, so why would Aeroc slip into the bed of a dowdy cobbler at night? Of course, they are lovers.

Aeroc didn’t want to speak the truth out loud. It felt forced and childish. If Kloff really had imprinted him, Aeroc wished Kloff could remember it on his own. He wanted to confirm if his love remained even after losing his memory. He was also worried that if any bad memories resurfaced, what would he do? If so, Aeroc must be prepared to let go of everything. Since this had already happened, he had always prepared for it, over and over again. No, maybe he wasn’t prepared. Just the short imagination of sending Kloff away brought tears to his eyes.

As the silence deepened, Kloff found his own answer. He raised his head slightly and hesitated before opening his mouth. There seemed to be an immoral hesitation in his gaze. What was the essence of his hesitation? Did he really figure everything out? Was this their end? Ah, how to handle this sudden ending?

“Kloff.”

Aeroc took Kloff’s hand and placed it on his abdomen. When Aeroc pressed his slightly swollen lower belly, Kloff was surprised. Kloff’s awkward, hesitant gestures were too painful to witness. His eyes grew warm with tears.

“Do you feel it? Our puppy is here. Your child. A child born of our love. At least... that’s what I think.”

It was unbelievable even to his own ears. No one would believe a person who asked someone to grope their stomach and admitted they were pregnant. According to the doctor, his memories weren’t gone, they were just stuck somewhere. The slightest trigger might set them free. Aeroc hoped for their puppy to become the key to that. Just like how the mere existence of this one and only baby gave him the sign of his different worlds. He hoped the baby would have a big meaning to Kloff too.

As expected, Kloff went white as a sheet and couldn’t close his mouth. His eyes widened and he groped Aeroc’s lower belly again and again.

“How does an alpha get pregnant? No, wait, with my child?”

“Yeah.”

I have to explain in detail for this person who lost his memories. But it wasn’t easy to sound logical while choking back tears. Instead, the words just came out disorganized.

“Because I met you. Even though I’m an alpha. Kloff... because I met you... I changed. Everything changed.”

Of all things, Aeroc met Kloff and fell in love with him, thus everything had become twisted. He had spent such a horrible time undoing everything. It was impossible to explain it all from the beginning. To explain it all in its entirety was impossible. Just pulling out one small memory would take an entire day.

His anxiety hadn’t subsided, and when tears finally welled in his warm eyes, Kloff whispered quietly.

“Was I... a lout?”

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