Pregnant and Favored: See You in the Morning, Young Master novel Chapter 1368

...So she realized that they had only been together for such a short amount of time? Then why had she been that hesitant? Was her work seriously more important than him?

Despite having those thoughts, Zivon replied, “…We can’t all have what we want. You’ll just have to make the more sensible choice.”

Upon hearing that, Xavia couldn’t help but frown a little. Wasn’t he being a bit too calm about all this…? Why hadn’t he even considered asking her to stay? Rightfully disappointed—since she had been so conflicted on which choice to make earlier whereas he seemed so casual about it—, Xavia then pouted before saying, “…Since you don’t want me to stay, I guess I’ll head back to work.”

Narrowing his eyes, Zivon easily pulled her back to his side… and after staring straight into her eyes for a while, he finally replied, “Would you stay if I told you to?”

In all honesty, Xavia didn’t know. Even so, he had to at least say something, right…?

Since Xavia seemed hesitant once more, Zivon’s gaze fell even further as he muttered, “…Since you wouldn’t stay anyway, what’s the point in asking and getting disappointed after?”

…Wait. He had refrained from asking because he wanted to limit his disappointment…? Had he been doing things this way ever since he was a child…? Choosing not to go for things simply because he believed he could never obtain them…

Feeling slightly bitter, Xavia ultimately replied, “…I haven’t even given my answer, you know…? What makes you so sure that I’ll say no?”

Chuckling wryly, Zivon then said, “…Fine, since you put it that way…. Stay with me then. We’ll go back together once I’m done with work here… What’s your answer now?”

‘Not at all! Well… He did, but… For context, he gave me a choice to return to the country at the start… And since he didn’t seem to mind if I left, I got a little irked and asked why he hadn’t even considered telling me to stay… In response, he revealed that even if he had said that, I wouldn’t have stayed so… Sensing his disappointment, I ended up agreeing to stay by his side…’

‘…Holy crap he really had you in his hands, huh? He played you like a fiddle!’

…Played her? After thinking about it a while longer, it finally hit her. When they first started talking about all this, he had appeared calm and indifferent… Yet when she tried to get a reaction out of him, he became irked and said some things that made her feel sorry for him… and in the end, she ended up agreeing. Somehow… Didn’t this all seem planned? It had to be! After all, he’d normally be domineering from start to end, right?!

That man was filled with trickery! Oh, how she yearned to return now…!