Chapter 64.2

Isaac couldn’t believe the combination of numbers could make such an art.

It was so touching that he was about to cry. If this was not art, what else could it be?

He placed the ledger on the table, carefully– like it was a real work of art– and then clasped Nadia’s hands.

“I heard from Glenn. You made all this money, didn’t you?”

“It wasn’t me alone… It was possible because of everyone’s cooperation.”

Nadia wasn’t saying this to be modest, but it was actually so.

There was a limit to what an individual could do alone.

However, Isaac seemed more impressed to hear about Nadia’s help vividly from Glenn.

How could she be so humble after all that credit. It was as if his son was blessed by God.

“But wasn’t it you who contributed the most? You did a great job. You did a really great job.”

It had been a long time since he had forgotten that she was the daughter of an enemy.

If she was a daughter-in-law who could maintain the balance of the family fund so artistically, he should accept her, even if she was a daughter of the Duke of Balazit.

“Of course, it is my duty.”

Meanwhile, Nadia’s head, smiling calmly, was thinking to herself.

‘It’s now over.’

Since Isaac was someone who has been living a barren land all his life, there would be nothing more heartbreaking than having no money.

She thought about it so much that she brought him the ledger, and it turned out to be a very good decision.

There was no one in this territory who could deny her now that he had brought the previous lord to her side.

Nadia smiled in her heart, convinced of the victory.

Until she heard Isaac’s next words.

“I was always worried about my next successor, but now I feel relieved. I didn’t expect you guys to do so well… Now I will have no regrets if I die as long as I confirm that my successor is born safely.”

“…Pardon?”

Nadia’s expression hardened for a moment at the words that were just hard to pass.

“Su…ccessor?”

“Yes, in order for the estate and the family to be stable, there must be a heir.”

“…….”

Isaac tilted his head as if wondering at Nadia’s flustered expression.

“What’s with that reaction?”

The mere fact that two noble families got married politically was to have children.

Besides, didn’t Nadia say that she loved Glenn so much that she volunteered to come to the far north?

Glenn did seem to have a heart for his wife as well, so there was no reason to hesitate more.

“What’s wrong?”

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

Nadia, Glenn, and Gordon, exchanged embarrassed glances.

They couldn’t bear to say that Glenn and Nadia had never shared a bed since the day they got married.

The first one to speak was Nadia, who was glancing around embarrassingly.

“That’s… I think it will be a little hard to give birth to a child.”

“No, why? Are you not feeling well? Oh my, you look so skinny. If you’re this thin…. Are you eating properly?”

“No, it’s not that….”

If Isaac kept pushing the topic, she might end up sleeping with Glenn.

Sharing a bed was one thing, but that they had to bear a baby?

It was literally a catastrophe in the midst of a disaster.

Wasn’t she supposed to divorce Glenn one day? There was a clear need to draw a line when the topic came out.

‘Fortunately, there’s a good excuse to use at times like this.’

Nadia continued with a grim look down.

“That’s… What happened was….”

“Yes, yes. Tell me. No matter what the circumstances may be, I will try to understand.”

“The Marquis said he had no intention of joining me.”

“…What?”

Nadia purposely put emphasis on the word ‘Marquis’.

That it was his son’s fault that she hadn’t conceived yet, not hers, or something like that.

Of course, that didn’t mean that he shouldn’t think about his future successor.

The succession in an aristocratic family was quite an important matter, so Nadia could understand why the previous Marquis urged the matter of a child.

But she didn’t have to be the one to give birth to Glenn’s successor, did she?

“So, for succession, we have no choice but to find a concubine….”

But then,

Crack.

Nadia’s head swung round at the sound of something cracking.

Then she saw a crack in a corner of the table that her husband held on to.

Why was that breaking all of a sudden?

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