I Failed to Divorce My Husband - Chapter 2

– Chapter 2 –

It was a small sound but Erin definitely heard something.

Erin slowly turned around and looked at Aiden.

His forehead was scrunched up with tension.

“…… Leinster?”

Erin approached Aiden’s face.

She had called out carefully.

But there was no response.

It seems like he didn’t wake up, but rather he was talking in his sleep.

Erin carefully approached him and looked at his face.

“Are you okay……?”

“……Mmm.”

It seemed like he was suffering from a terrible nightmare.

His body was covered in a cold sweat and his face looked tense.

She carefully took his hand and checked to make sure that he didn’t have a fever.

Rather than being hurt, it seemed like he was simply having a nightmare.

But looking at Aiden, his condition seemed weird.

His hands were trembling and his breath was laboured.

‘Why is he like this?’

She took a closer look at him.

Suddenly, Aiden’s eyes burst open.

“…… Hmmph!”

Since Erin happened to be looking at Aiden’s face, their faces were uncomfortably close.

Aiden’s breath was laboured as if he had just experienced something traumatizing.

Surprised, Erin quickly retreated.

Planning on rubbing his back to help calm him down, Erin reached out her hand to Aiden.

As if out of instinct, Aiden slapped Erin’s hand away.

“Don’t touch me……!”

“But you’re clearly not doing well……”

“It doesn’t matter so stay away……!”.

“Alright. I won’t touch you, I’ll call for the doctor. Your condition. …..”

“No!”

Aiden screamed out just as Erin was about to leave the room.

“Don’t ever do that!”

He immediately got off the bed and crawled on all fours to stop her.

“You……”

Erin’s eyes narrowed. She carefully looked at Aiden’s condition.

“I’m fine……so don’t call the doctor. If I just go to sleep, I’ll be fine when I wake up. Please……”

Aiden’s voice slowly became more and more desperate.

When he saw that Erin was about to call the doctor, he reached out and grabbed her hand, despite his earlier reluctance to touch her.

Not being able to do anything about him muttering nonsense, Erin stayed still.

She only knew that if she were to call for a doctor, things would get worse.

But there was nothing else Erin could do. Even with a light touch, his body seized up and his breathing became unstable.

She could neither clean up his sweat nor pat his back.

All Erin could do was keep a certain distance and watch him from afar.

Now that she thought about it, Aiden was always sensitive to Erin’s touch.

He acted like something would happen even if they were far away.

Even if it was strange how much he seized up because of it.

Aiden became more and more distressed.

His body turned around and he was grunting

“Please……Don’t touch me.”

Why is he reacting like this?

“I hate it. That’s…… it’s too…… Scary……”

Since Aiden’s breath was uneven, it was difficult to hear exactly what he said, but it seemed like he was scared of something.

Even in the original, he hated Erin’s aggressive flirting

But no matter how you look at it, that was because of her actions.

That’s why it was thought that Aiden’s reactions were normal.

“Something must have happened to Aiden before the marriage.

The face that Erin was making while watching Aiden groaning and muttering, even while groaning, was serious.

In the end, Erin was still watching him.

After crying all night, Aiden finally fell asleep once the sun started to rise.

Erin, who had watched over him, felt very complicated.

She didn’t know what would happen in the next 10 years.

After facing an unexpected situation on the first night, Erin was quite tired. She slowly fell asleep.

It was only when morning came that Aiden Leinster’s eyes opened.

“Are you okay?”

In response to Erin’s concerns, Aiden stared at her with sullen eyes.

Since it seemed like he still wasn’t okay, Erin was about to take a step closer to him.

Aiden suddenly got out of the bed, moving away from Erin.

Suddenly, his complexion had returned to being on alert.

It was obvious that he was starting to remember the events from the previous night.

His face quickly turned pale.

After opening his mouth several times while looking at Erin, he closed his mouth tightly.

He looked like he wanted to act as if nothing happened.

Right before Aiden, who had walked towards the door, right before he opened the door, he turned to Erin.

“Go rest.”

He was trying to be considerate while acting like he didn’t know what happened.

But that was it. Aiden’s attitude was still overall rude.

But……despite that, instead of getting upset or uncomfortable, Erin simply stared at the place Aiden was just standing at.

Rather, she felt sorry since he looked like he was being chased out.

She saw it as him desperately trying to hide.

There was a thought that she wanted to take care of her husband, who was destined to control the Empire, since he looked so weak.

Afterwards, Erin went to the room that she would be staying in.

Mona, the nanny that came with her from the Marquis Zahad household, has already prepared a comfortable room for her.

“Don’t think about anything and leave your body to me.”

After hearing Mona’s confident words, Erin smiled and went along with her.

Following Mona’s lead, she treated her tired body to a nice bath.

Then, she changed into a light gown and a happy Mona brushed her hair.

But while she was able to leave her body to Mona, it was impossible to not think of anything.

Rather, a lot of thoughts were in her head.

Currently, there were two things Erin Leinster had to do.

The first was to divorce.

But this wasn’t something that could be done immediately.

Her plan was to divorce him before he meets the female lead in 10 years.

But she had to make sure not to fall for him within those 10 years, something she was confident in being able to do.

The second task was something that she needed to start preparing now for after the divorce.

She needed to prepare a good amount of money!

No matter the time or place, money is the most important thing.

It’s unreasonable to go back to the Zahad estate after the divorce.

So, after the divorce, Erin plans on going to a foreign country. She wants to leisurely travel to places, and live the young and rich lifestyle.

To do so, Erin planned on saving her allowance given by the Duke.

In fact, this was where she was going to devote all her passion and attention to.

‘I had thought, that was all I needed to do…?

However, it seemed like there would be some changes to her plan.

On the first night, she had seen Aiden suffering and his shaking form.

By then, Erin instinctively knew.

Aiden Leinster experienced something that wasn’t mentioned in the original work.

And that will affect the relationship between her and Aiden in the future.

He will now always be a part of her plans.

While working on her hair, Mona spoke.

“Right. I forgot to tell you something.”

Seeing Erin’s curious gaze, Mona explained while smirking

“The brunch planned for today.”

“…… There was that.”

In response, Erin grumbled with a sour look on her face.

Today’s brunch is the first meal between the newly wedded couple and the Ducal couple, where proper greetings are supposed to be exchanged.

The Duke and the Duchess, since the two aren’t easy people, the meal is most likely not going to be pleasant.

However, there was no way to get out of it.

Plus, she was wondering if there was a connection between Aiden’s odd behavior and the Ducal couple, if there is… what kind of expression would they make.

“They said that the two left the estate early this morning.”

“What……?”

Erin turned around and asked. This was something she didn’t expect.

“While the servants here don’t know the exact reason, it seemed like something urgent had come up. They said the two left in a rush this morning.”

“Is that so……?”

That meant that the meeting with the Duke and his wife was delayed.

Erin was barely able to stop herself from smiling when thinking about the sudden free time.

“When are they returning?”

“They said it would take about half a month.”

Erin nodded. She decided that this was better.

The relationship between Aiden Leinster and his parents was complicated.

While there was the parent and child connection, in the original work, the relationship between them was portrayed as a worse relationship than most.

Right now, dealing with that as well would’ve been too much for Erin to handle.

Half a month. Before the couple comes back, she will discover what happened to Aiden Leinster

Erin’s gaze turned to one like a small animal with a target.

But there was a problem.

After almost a week after arriving at the estate, the only people she knew were Mona, who came with her, and Aiden.

Since Mona was in the same boat and didn’t know anyone as well, the only person that knew about Aiden’s circumstances was Aiden himself.

But Aiden Leinster was nowhere to be found.

It was obvious he was avoiding her, not wanting to see her.

Aiden, where is he?

Erin always kept an eye out for Aiden, no matter where she was.

– To Be Continued –