I’ll Become the Female Lead in this Trashy Webnovel

47. It’s just a dream. (1)

Upon seeing Ariad’s pale face, Mary broke into tears and even made a fuss about calling Joshua.

“You don’t have to. It’s just a stomachache. I’ll feel better after resting a bit.”

By saying so, she was left alone in the room, but she knew the truth.

This wasn’t a simple case of indigestion.

She had been anticipating and drawing conclusions about what would happen ever since she heard that it was already too late to take the morning-after pill.

Of course, at that time, she was hoping that this wouldn’t happen by miracle and now she was denying this fast-paced reality as well.

Worried about her master, Mary didn’t listen.

Just like that, she brought the person that So-hee didn’t want to see the most in this room.

“Ariad.”

Joshua narrowed his brows as he looked down at her.

“You look sick. I’ll call the doctor.”

“No. No. No. You don’t have to. I’ll be fine once I get back to sleep.”

She didn’t want to know the result.

She wanted to avoid it as much as possible.

Sohee grabbed a cup from the table with the intention of lying down after drinking water but when she swallowed a sip—-

“Urgh.”

It surprised her to feel nauseous just by drinking it.

Hurriedly covering her mouth,So-hee rushed out of bed.

Joshua’s shock didn’t even catch her eye.

Sohee sat down in the bathroom and emptied her water-filled stomach for a while..

“Call the doctor.”

Joshua’s voice was heard right in front of the door.

After that, time passed recklessly.

In fact, she couldn’t afford to grasp the situation because she was too busy holding the toilet while repeatedly throwing up.

The instant she came to her senses——

“It looks like you’re having a baby.”

Upon hearing that, Sohee lifted her face buried on the pillow and her bloodshot eyes met Joshua’s.

Even after hearing the news of her pregnancy, he seemed quite calm.

“Congratulations.”

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

A vague smile hung around his mouth.

The novel’s plot that she wanted to deny suddenly unfolded like that.

* * *

Morning sickness was more painful than she had imagined.

Actresses who used to play morning sickness in dramas usually stopped talking whenever they were nauseous but So-hee personally realized that it was just fiction.

She spent most of her time in the bathroom throwing up, sitting on the marble floor for so long that she couldn’t feel the chill coming up.

In addition to that, Joshua had this extreme obsession of wanting to protect her body all the time as if everything was a life and death situation.

“You have to be more careful in the early stages of your pregnancy.”

The doctor’s warning must have been the trigger because Joshua carried her around like she was injured.

So-hee told him that there was no need to do that because she would be as careful as possible but he ignored it.

That time, Joshua was embracing her in the office as usual.

So-hee, who had dozed off from the rustle of documents as if it was a lullaby, raised her head from the sound of wind lightly shaking the windows.

She was staring blankly into space and suddenly remembered Joshua’s reaction when he told her that she had a baby.

He didn’t seem happy and it bothered her the whole time.

“How do you feel about having a child?”

The man who had his eyes on the cursive letters moved his gaze to her.

“Fine.” He replied casually.

There was no response other than that.

That brief word triggered more questions, instead.

From the moment she suddenly threw up and denied it was morning sickness, she wanted to confirm it so bad.

‘Even if it’s not your child?’

It was a rather stupid question and Sohee knew it.

Nevertheless, she pressed the hook down to the end of her neck and swallowed it.

It was a question that even a grown man wouldn’t be able to affirm.

Even though she was aware of that, Sohee felt a little frustrated with herself for wanting it to be confirmed.

Joshua concentrated on his work again.

Sohee looked at the man’s profile with pursed lips for fear of uttering nonsense.

That night, Sohee had a dream again and as always, Deon was beheaded first.

So-hee sat down on the blood-stained platform and gave the detached head an empty stare.

It was the third scene she saw, fully aware that this was just a dream.

Nevertheless, the people’s heads who got cut off as if they were mere livestock didn’t seem familiar.

Ariad Pearson’s turn is near.

As the two tall men grabbed her by the arm and pulled her towards the guillotine, she made eye contact with Joshua.

That would be another round of vitriol.

Sohee would rather die quickly and wake up from this dream so she closed her eyes and surrendered herself.

Just in time, she heard a low voice calling her name.