My Husband Will Regret This - Chapter 109
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 109
The mechanical heart, it succeeded?
She couldn’t believe it. She then tried to gauge how long she had been unconscious. Judging by Eric’s scruffy beard and hair, it seemed like she had been asleep for quite a long time.
Chloe was momentarily taken aback at the thought.
“How long… have I been lying down?”
Eric’s lips stiffened at her question.
It was understandable because Chloe had been unconscious for nearly a month. However, if he were to tell her this fact, she would undoubtedly be shocked.
He shook his head.
“That’s not important. What’s important is that I have finally created a mechanical heart that can save you.”
It was true.
He had finally, truly succeeded in creating a mechanical heart.
To be precise, he had developed the infinite power source needed for the mechanical heart. How much time it had taken to achieve this success, and how many trials and errors there had been! Eric was truly proud and elated.
Now, he could save Chloe!
However…
Her complexion didn’t look very good. He had expected her to be as happy as he was, but she didn’t seem joyful at all. Was it because she had just woken up after a month and it hadn’t sunk in yet, or was there some other reason?
Eric, filled with doubt, placed his hand on Chloe’s shoulder and then gently held her hand.
“Why, Chloe?”
Eric asked.
“Is it still difficult to come to your senses?”
“No, it’s not that…”
Chloe pressed her dry lips together and clasped her hands. What should she say? How could she articulate her thoughts clearly? She pondered the words in her mouth for a while, and he patiently waited for the silence.
Finally, she opened her mouth again.
“Darling.”
She said, holding Eric’s hand tightly.
“Do I really have to, stay alive?”
“Chloe!”
Eric exclaimed, taken aback.
Wasn’t this discussion already resolved? Chloe lived, and he saved her. Wasn’t that an accepted fact? He was both bewildered and angry. He couldn’t understand why she was still denying her own life.
As he sat down beside Chloe, Eric gazed straight into her eyes and continued.
“Why are you thinking like that? Why are you saying such things?”
Eric’s voice grew louder, but… thankfully, Chloe didn’t become frightened. Instead, she could express her true feelings accurately. She considered it fortunate that she had gathered the courage to speak her mind. She realized how much she had truly changed.
People who have changed like this tend to seek more change. She began to speak words that she would never have uttered before, words she couldn’t have spoken.
“I’ve always lived with unhappiness lurking behind happiness. When I become happy, I quickly become unhappy. So, I’m afraid of the happiness I have now. I’m scared of the happiness that might come, because it leads to unhappiness again… So, I don’t want to live. Is there even a reason to keep living when I’ll have to live in unhappiness anyway? Is it okay if I don’t?”
“….”
Eric could feel his mind spinning. According to Chloe’s words, it seemed like her depression hadn’t improved at all!
He thought that this couldn’t continue.
Saving her would be pointless if she was just going to struggle and sink into the same swamp of depression again. He didn’t want her to live like that. He wanted her to live a peaceful life, not to endure the painful one she was experiencing now.
So, he addressed Chloe with a much calmer voice.
“Chloe.”
Eric called her name, but she didn’t raise her head from its lowered position.
“Look at me, Chloe.”
“I don’t want to.”
Chloe resisted vehemently.
“You make me happy when I see you. Still, I’m scared of this happiness… that’s why I don’t want to see you anymore. I don’t want to see anyone anymore…”
He sensed the despair hidden in her words. Nevertheless, at the end of despair, there was always hope.
He knew he needed to instill hope in Chloe.
“It’s a heartbreaking thing to say.”
Eric firmly held Chloe’s hand as he spoke.
“The words you’re saying right now, they broke my heart.”
“Darling.”
“Chloe.”
He took hold of her chin, making her look at him.
“The unhappiness that follows happiness is quite natural. Life isn’t meant to be lived with just happiness. It involves carrying a certain amount of unhappiness. Chloe, do you really just want to be happy for your entire life?”
“….”
“That’s asking for too much.”
She could feel the shock after hearing his words, as if she had been struck on the head with a hammer.
“Are you saying that I have the wrong thoughts?”
“I’m saying you have thoughts that aren’t helpful to you.”
Unhappiness was natural! Chloe had always thought of unhappiness as an unkind visitor that only happened to her, believing that others didn’t experience as much unhappiness as she did. However, hearing Eric’s words, she began to doubt that.
Life wasn’t meant to be lived with just happiness…
She wondered if she had been too ambitious and if this ambition had been eating away at her.
She bit her lip.
“So, how should I think?”
Chloe asked.
“What kind of thoughts should I have to live?”
She was asking because she truly couldn’t understand. The unhappiness that followed happiness… it occupied such a significant part of her life that she didn’t know how to easily let go of it or consider it non-existent.
And yet, she was quietly realizing that she had been harboring a sense of ambition within her. Knowing that she, too, had been seeking only happiness…
Chloe felt embarrassed with herself and admired him for pointing this out.
Eric gazed steadily at her. No matter what, he had to save her, and after saving her, he needed to ensure she could live a proper life. So, he carefully chose his words, gently stroking the back of Chloe’s hand.
“Remember that we can’t always be happy, keep in mind that unhappiness is fleeting, and if we hold hands together…”
He gazed into her sincere eyes as he spoke.
“We can be sure that we can overcome any adversity.”
She felt the warmth of his hand holding hers and the sincerity in his eyes.
Could she trust him? She could trust him.
Could she let go of her ambition? She could let it go.
…As she thought this way, her heart felt much lighter.
In fact, it seemed like all the burdens in her heart had finally disappeared. It was amazing how a few words could change one’s heart. Chloe realized she wasn’t so different from others after all.
All her doubts melted away with Eric’s words, leaving only the desire to live.
“Darling.”
She gently traced her fingers along his fingertips and slowly opened her mouth.
“I love you.”
Eric’s eyes widened.
It was the first time she had said ‘I love you’ to him. He could feel his heart swelling with happiness, and he embraced her tightly.
“I love you too.”
For life.
He repeated it several times as he caressed her back, and Chloe smiled softly, listening to his whispers. In the past, she might have felt anxious when happiness like this came her way.
But not anymore.
After her conversation with Eric, there has been a change.
She was no longer afraid of the unhappiness that might come her way. She had engraved in her heart that unhappiness was something everyone experienced and always came and went, making the occasional bursts of happiness all the more satisfying.
She nestled her face against Eric’s shoulder and smiled brightly.
That was when the sound of knocking on the door reached them. Eric, who had been holding Chloe, slowly distanced himself from her and said,
“Looks like your meal is here.”
He called the employee from outside the door, and the employee entered the room with a tray.
“As soon as I heard you were awake, I prepared this. Since you haven’t eaten for a long time, I thought a simple vegetable soup would be good for you.”
“Thank you.”
The employee placed the food in front of her. It was a fragrant vegetable soup. Chloe’s mouth watered as she hurriedly picked up the spoon.
“Wait.”
Eric stopped her before he pulled something out from his pocket—a thin silver rod.
Chloe tilted her head in confusion.
“What is… that?”
“Just a precautionary check, just in case.”
…A check?
She wanted to ask, but his actions were faster. The next moment, as the rod touched the soup, it turned pitch black, leaving her in shock.
“What just happened? What on earth is going on?”
Even though Chloe asked in astonishment, Eric didn’t respond. He muttered a quiet curse under his breath.
“D*mned b*Istards.”
Chloe quickly tried to understand the situation. The rod Eric had taken out was probably made of silver, and the fact that the silver had discolored meant that there was poison in the food.
Her face stiffened.
“…Poison? There was poison in this?”
Eric nodded slowly instead of answering.
My goodness!
Chloe gasped, her voice muffled by her hand.
“There was poison in the tea I drank, too, right? That’s why I collapsed?”
He sighed deeply, running his fingers through his hair and pressing his forehead with his hand.
“Who is it? Who’s trying to… kill me?”
As she asked, Eric wrestled with the decision of whether or not to tell her, but he couldn’t keep it hidden from her forever. He slowly opened his lips.
“It’s the royal family.”
The spoon she was holding slipped from her hand and fell.
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