My Dear Duke(BL)
Chapter 197: Lovely?

Chapter 197: Lovely?

"Hi, did you sleep well?"

After waking up, Asher went to the kitchen, thinking to prepare breakfast but was met with Lucas who was already in the kitchen,cooking.

"Yeah. I hope you slept well too. The baby was with you last night, right? Did she fuss?"

Asher asked with a guilty expression, a disappointment hugging him.

"She slept very well. So don’t worry. And, please don’t give that face. Can’t you see? I am very much excited to spend time with the baby."

"I am sorry. I don’t know how I can ever pay back your kindness."

"No need to pay it off. You made Felix’s life bright. I was with him since we were children. So I obviously can tell why he has changed into better and happier. It was all after you two started your relationship."

"...It’s no different from what happened to me too. If I had a friend, he would also say I am happier because I have Felix now."

"Mm...I just wish for you guys to be happy together."

Lucas said with a smile and patted on Asher’s shoulder, looking satisfied as Asher’s face now had a beautiful smile.

"I wish the same for you too. I hope you and Prince Karl will be happy forever."

Asher said sincerely but was taken aback as Lucas started coughing violently.

"Are you okay?!"

Asher rushed closer and Lucas nodded, stroking his own chest gently.

"I choked on a bread crumb. I was chewing on one piece."

Lucas mumbled and hesitantly kept staring at Asher which made Asher get a questionable expression on his face.

"W-why? Did I say something wrong? I am so-"

Asher gave a sour expression and asked.

"Mm...Why did you think I and Karl are together?"

Lucas asked cautiously.

Asher looked horrified the next moment.

"Oh my! I am so sorry! I just assumed so and it just left my mout-"

Asher didn’t get to complete the sentence. Because Lucas’s expression suddenly changed to an angry expression.

’Fuck! I sure must have said a dumb thing again.’

Asher really regretted what he said at that time. How did it slip his mind that Karl and Lucas being together was something he just assumed?

"Stop saying sorry for everything for god’s sake Asher."

Lucas said but with a chuckle now. He was so used to hearing sorry from Asher. If anything, it always started with a sorry.It was now becoming annoying.

Asher was silent mostly because he was still trying to process this new information.

So...his assumption was wrong?

’I should stop butting in other people’s business. sigh...’

Eventually, their talk ended there because the pot on the stove boiled over. With that, Asher forcefully entered to do some kitchen duties and they were focused on the food from that moment on.

After they finished cooking, Asher wondered what to do next.

Should he wake up Felix?

Or just stay in the living room?

Check on the baby? But she is still sleeping.

And, Anne too.

It was just Asher and Lucas that were awake at the moment.

"Do you want to go back to Felix?"

Lucas asked when he saw Asher looking at their room and seemed to be in deep thought.

"N-no, it’s fine. I will disturb his sleep. So I will just stay here."

Asher said with a smile and looked at the baby Lucas brought out from the room before sitting on the sofa with him.

Asher got the baby and held her in his arms, lovingly watching as he gently stroked the tiny hands.

They were so small.

So soft.

Feels so nice.

Cute!

"Asher..."

"Mm?"

Asher looked up at Lucas who was looking at him with a serious expression.

"I want to talk to you about something."

"Alright."

Asher nodded and watched as Lucas leaned back on the sofa and left a long aigh.

"Did you look at yourself in the mirror lately?"

Asher was quite confused by the weird question. So his answer also became a question.

"...No?"

"Sigh...I started with such a stupid question, I am sorry. I just wanted to ask you if you noticed something different about you. I mean your looks."

"Well...haven’t I changed a lot? I am fat now."

Asher felt a surge of fear hug him. He is ugly now, isn’t he?

"...You are not fat. Alas, it’s normal to gain weight during pregnancy. Did that bastard tell you you are fat?!"

Lucas asked and Asher quickly denied. No way that sweet man would ever say something bad to him.

’My Felix...’

Asher remembered Felix’s sweet and kind face and couldn’t help but blush a little too.

"N-no no! I just know I am f-I mean...gained weight. Felix never said anything."

"Mmm...Remember this is all normal. Don’t worry about things like that. It’s not important. What I wanted to know about was...your mole."

"Ah! There was a problem about it being red, right? I couldn’t even check it. I forgot about it."

"Asher, your mole now seems to be fading away. I just wanted to know if you feel anything different in your body. You will feel different since you literally made a baby there. But something else that is noticeable that you think might not be related to the pregnancy?"

"I don’t have anything special to mention though. And, I now feel just like before."

"...I am confused Asher. I feel like a failure because I have no idea what’s happening with you. We were lucky everything went as planned in the pregnancy. But...I was scared, you know?

"There will always be a first time. That’s how you get experiences. I’m honored I was the first omega to be helped by you to give birth."

Asher tried to make sir Lucas feel a little better because it made him sad to see Sir Lucas distressed.

This man is literally their saviour. After Felix, Lucas was the most respected person in Asher’s eyes.

He respected him a lot.

"Haha...You know how to sweet talk."

Lucas laughed and said but then left a sigh again.

"Asher, you know what? I am actually quite jealous of you."

Sir Lucas said with a chuckle.

"...sir Lucas?"

"How are you so lucky? Why is your fate written so perfectly?"

"...Haha...That’s quite funny. Because I always thought I was unlucky. Especially because I am special."

Asher said and smiled as he felt a little sympathy toward his past self.

"Do you still think so?"

Lucas asked, even though he already knew the answer.

"No. This specialty gave me the present I am happy about today. So, how would I dare to think my specialty made me unlucky. Look at this baby. Did she come to this world because I was cursed or I was unlucky? No...I was very blessed. I prefer my body even though it might be weird."

So yeah, Lucas was right.

"You talk like a very mature person."

"I feel so now sir Lucas. I feel different now. I am a father. I have a child to raise. I can’t be like a child myself anymore, can I?"

"Mmm..."

"Sir Lucas, Are you bothered by something? What made you think you are unlucky?"

"...I am not very gifted. I don’t know if it’s unfortunate. I think it’s my fault though."

Lucas sounded very stressed and helpless.

He looked regretful too.

This is possibly the first time Asher saw so much emotion, that also negative emotions on sir Lucas’s face.

"What are you talking about?...You are a successful physician that everyone loves. What made you think you are not gifted or unfortunate?"

Asher was appalled. What would make such a great man look so sad?

"Just because you succeeded in one thing doesn’t mean a complete success, right?"

"...Sir Lucas, is this perhaps...about your love life?"

Asher knew he had to be careful about what he said. But he still asked that. He...felt like sir Lucas had a lot of things to talk about. Asher liked to listen to him..

"...You are smart."

"Sir Lucas...You are such a lovely man."

Asher said innocently and Lucas couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

But, he flinched at Asher’s answer at first.

Lovely?

He?

That was ridiculous.

’Lovely? Does anyone actually see me like that?...But it’s what I am not.’