I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 162



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Side Story 2. If You Love Me
2024.04.10.

The month after that was full of anxiety.

Even I could feel that Cordelia was extremely nervous. Even though Leonard had given her a definite answer, she could barely feel any changes in her body, so she was worried that it might actually be an imaginary pregnancy.

After almost another month, the five council members examined her body again.

“Congratulations. You are really pregnant.”

And all five of them said the same thing. Only then did Cordelia feel relieved and shed tears of joy again.

Naturally, the Attila family was turned upside down by the child who was born after decades. Not only the servants of Attila Castle, but even Leonard belatedly joined the procession.

“I just want to go down and eat.”

“Hold on a little longer. What if I stumble on the stairs?”

“Oh my. There are so many stairs.”

When he first found out about her pregnancy, Leonard was just happy, but now he was against Cordelia even going down to the restaurant. It was because he had learned too late how common miscarriages were and how dangerous the early stages of pregnancy were.

“Oh, do it.”

“Let me use my fingers. If I keep doing this, all my hands and feet will disappear.”

“Oh, please. Open your mouth quickly, Lady Attila.”

Then Cordelia pretended to be defeated and ate the food her husband prepared for her. It

was only when she started to feel the morning sickness that she realized how good it was. She threw up everything she ate, so Leonard had to change the cook in the castle seven times.

Fortunately, the morning sickness did not last long, and after a while, she felt the baby move for the first time. The couple was in a state of excitement for a while as she strongly revealed her presence with her kicks.

As she neared the end of her pregnancy, Cordelia could hardly get out of bed. Her body was swollen and her back was so sore that it was very difficult for her to move. In addition, he had to go to the bathroom once an hour. Every time, Leonard took great care of Cordelia’s arms and legs, massaging them.

And then the long-awaited delivery day arrived.

“Not yet?”

“The midwife said we have to wait at least a few more hours.” ”

How long? It’s already been five hours since she went into the delivery room screaming.”

Leonard was so anxious that he couldn’t sit or stand. He was anxious when he heard his wife’s screams of pain, and he was even more anxious when there was no sound at all, so he called the maid in the delivery room every once in a while to check if Cordelia was okay.

“It usually takes a long time if it’s a first birth. Don’t worry too much, Madame is doing very well.”

Baron stayed by his master’s side. All of this felt new to him. He had first met Leonard when he was five years old, and now he had grown up and was going to see his own child.

It was pouring down rain today. It was dark even in the middle of the day, so the whole castle was lit up with lanterns. The occasional thunderclap gave Leonard an inexplicable sense of anxiety.

‘No way. No way.’

If there was anything that scared him as much as a miscarriage during pregnancy, it was the death of the mother. He had been persistently searching for it since Cordelia’s pregnancy, and he was greatly afraid of the fact that more mothers died while giving birth than he had thought.

“Ahhh!”

At that moment, a strong scream was heard from inside the door. It was a pain that crushed flesh and bones.

Leonard, who had been pacing around the door anxiously, could no longer endure it at the sound of his wife’s voice and went into the delivery room.

“Push your lower abdomen. Hurry!”

He could smell the damp, hot blood somewhere. Leonard suddenly got scared and hurried to Cordelia’s side. His wife, with her pale complexion, looked exhausted as if she would collapse at any moment.

“Cordelia. Cordelia.”

If only he could take away half, or all, of the pain she was experiencing.

All he could do was hold her hand tightly.

After struggling for several hours, the midwife shouted,

“I can see the head! Madam, just hold on a little longer.”

Cordelia, who was already exhausted and on the verge of collapse, summoned up all her strength at the midwife’s voice.

“Okay, your ears are coming out. You’re doing great.”

“You’re doing great. You’re almost done.”

Leonard whispered softly as he swept Cordelia’s forehead, which was completely soaked with sweat. Cordelia could barely breathe with her eyes barely focused.

The diligent and experienced midwife successfully delivered the baby by coaxing and soothing the mother.

“You’re a very healthy girl. Congratulations.”

The midwife patted the baby a few times, and the baby immediately burst into tears. The midwife cut the umbilical cord, wrapped the baby in a clean cloth, and handed the baby over to Leonard.

He was deeply moved when he first saw his daughter’s face, whose eyes had not yet opened. She was bright red and ugly, and looked like a wrinkled monkey, but in her father’s eyes, she was more beautiful than anything in the world.

“Cordelia. She’s my daughter.”

“Ah, my daughter?”

“Yes. She’s so pretty. Her hair, her eyes, her nose, her ears.”

“Thank goodness, haa, thank goodness.”

Cordelia’s eyes were blurry and she couldn’t see things properly, but she could see her daughter’s face clearly.

“Then I’ll sleep for a bit. I’m so tired… …”

Cordelia closed her eyes after seeing her daughter’s face a few times. Leonard kissed his wife’s forehead several times and hugged her tightly.

“You worked hard. You really worked hard, Cordelia.”

“Wait. There’s another child?”

“What?”

“Wake up the mother! It’s twins. Madame Attila, come to your senses!”

The delivery room became urgent again. The midwife shook Cordelia roughly, but Cordelia, who had already poured all her strength into it, could not even open her eyes properly.

“Push! Again!”

“Ah, ah!”

The women the midwife brought climbed on Cordelia’s stomach and pushed mercilessly. Leonard wanted to shout at her to get off right away.
At that moment, his daughter in his arms burst into tears.

“It’ll be okay, baby. Mommy’s okay.”

Leonard kept mumbling to himself as he patted his baby. In fact, he was talking to himself. His body trembled as he kept thinking of the mother who had died giving birth.

He hugged his daughter tightly and approached Cordelia, whose whole body was red.

“Just push a little harder. You said you wouldn’t leave me. Please, please… Cordelia. I can’t do without you.”

“Push harder. More!”

Leonard realized much later that he was crying. The fear of losing Cordelia made his heart beat so hard that he wanted to tell the midwife that he didn’t care what would happen to the baby, but that he wanted to save his wife.

Then, as if by a miracle, Cordelia opened her eyes and looked at Leonard. And her lips moved silently.

Leonard lowered his head and put his ear to her mouth.

“What?”

“… … I’ll keep my promise.”

“It’s out, it’s out! This time it’s a boy.”

The midwife quickly delivered the baby. The blond boy was clearly smaller than his daughter.

The midwife cut the umbilical cord in the same way and lightly tapped the baby until it started to cry. However, the baby didn’t let out a single cry.

The doctor who was waiting hurriedly examined the baby here and there. But soon he shook his head at Leonard.

His son-in-law was too quiet. The only noise was the sound of rain hitting the window. At that moment, Cordelia, who had been lying there as if dead, staggered and tried to get up with her hands.

“Why can’t I hear you crying?”

“Madam, madam.”

The maid next to him was flustered and flustered. Leonard signaled with his eyes to send the child outside.

“Cordelia. Look at our daughter.”

“Leonard, Leonard. Why aren’t you showing me my son?”

Cordelia, who couldn’t even breathe properly, straightened up as if she had found the strength. She reached out both her hands toward the boy.
“Give me back my child.”

“Madam… .”

“Quickly.”

She said very firmly. Leonard nodded to the maid, who was biting the inside of his mouth and hesitating.

The maid brought the still silent child. Cordelia held the child in her arms. As soon as she did, tears welled up in her eyes. The child’s body was so warm.

“No. No.”

“Cordelia.”

“Please open your eyes, baby. I can’t let you go like this.”

Leonard’s eyes also became wet as he saw the mother wailing over the loss of her child.

It was then. The white cloth in Cordelia’s arms twitched. Leonard was the first to notice it.

“Hand me the baby for a moment.”

“No! I can’t just leave you like this.”

“No, the baby definitely moved.”

“Really?”

Leonard left his daughter with the maid and took his son from Cordelia’s arms. The midwife sighed deeply as she watched the scene from afar.

She gently stroked the baby’s back and poured her magic into it. It was just an instinctive action. The white light grew large enough to completely envelop the baby, but it quickly disappeared.

“Eww.”

As if by a miracle, the boy burst into tears. It was definitely a weak voice compared to a girl, but with that alone, Cordelia and Leonard ascended from hell to heaven. The midwife was also astonished by this amazing miracle and couldn’t take her eyes off of it.

“Ah, ah.”

Cordelia opened her mouth not knowing what to say, but when Leonard held the boy in her arms, she hugged him tightly again. Tears of joy soaked the boy’s hair. She held the boy and hugged Leonard.

“Thank you, thank you.”

“Thank you. I’m much more grateful to you for giving birth to two such healthy children.”

The couple looked at each other and shed hot tears.

The rain had stopped before they knew it. Warm sunlight streamed in through the window, as if the stormy weather had been a lie.

Leonard held his daughter, and Cordelia held her son, and the family of four was finally complete.