The Villainess Wants to Make Her Husband Slim Down

CHAPTER 99

Of course, no one spoke about it openly. It was only natural that Günter kept his silence about it as well, but even though she knew that deep down, she still hated it.

"Bandying words about like that is cheap! Especially if you have no intention of ever talking to that person again in the first place!"

It's easy to say whatever you please if you completely ignore what the other person has to say in response. You may as well be speaking to a brick wall.

"Even if you say that, he's doing this for your sake, ain't he? I'm sure that you have unfinished business back in the capital? Like... with Prince Julian, for example?"

"Enough about my sake! Does he really not care? Is Alois really going to give up on me that easily!?"

Günter's frown deepened. To him, as far as he knew, Camilla hadn't given up on Prince Julian. He still harboured a slight grudge against Camilla for what she had said back then, out of the deep respect he held for Alois.

"Not everyone thinks the same way as you do. Think about it from his angle, he really is doin' this for you."

"How can you say he's doing this for me!?"

Camilla slammed a fist into the cookie dough.

"I... I don't want him to give up! An Alois who's running in fear from the past, who is so easily able to give up, I don't want that at all!"

When she was in love with Prince Julian, Camilla had always dreamed about being his rock. Someone who could share his burdens. Someone who could support him by staying at his side.

But, it was as if Alois didn't want Camilla's support at all. He was scared, so he rejected her, pushing her away. Was Camilla truly a person he could open his heart to? He must have thought that. A weak man, who would rather run away than believe in Camilla.

That was unforgivable. But, even more than that, it was disappointing. She felt the anger flaring up even brighter as she thought about it. And also... it hurt.

"Lord Alois, was that really all I was to him...!?"

Camilla sighed angrily. She couldn't keep still, pacing short steps back and forth in front of the bench. As Camilla moved around restlessly, Günter looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"...Hey, you. The way you're talkin'..."

That suspicious look of his caught Camilla's eyes. Without feeling any pressure from Camilla's palpable anger, he looked straight into her eyes.

"It's like... no, I know that you're in love with Prince Julian and all, but even so... maybe..."

"What is it?"

Camilla felt irritated as he stumbled over his words. It was rare for Günter to not be straight forward like this. It was as if he really was suddenly intimidated by Camilla, and that's why he was hesitating.

But, after a shake of his head, he suddenly spoke up, more determined than before.

"Ah... No, I'll tell ya! Just, well, I'm not great with women, so I might be wrong about this."

As he scratched the back of his head awkwardly for a moment, Günter faced Camilla again.

This time, it was Camilla who suddenly felt a little overwhelmed by the strange pressure. With a deadly serious face, and a new found confidence in his voice, he finally said it clearly to Camilla.

"You, the way you're talkin'... it's as if you actually love Alois or somethin'!"

Camilla was speechless.

Those were the last words she ever expected to hear from that man's mouth.

For a while, it was all that Camilla could do to blink at him in sheer surprise. She combed over every syllable of the words she just heard in her head. She had completely stopped laying into the dough, and it felt like even her breathing had stopped. As she stared at Günter, his face began to look increasingly uncomfortable.

After a long time, the words she spoke had completely lost all the fire from before.

"...I'd never really thought about it like that."

She'd thought about being someone close to Alois. There was also the talk of engagement and marriage. What married life with Alois might look like, she couldn't really imagine it clearly still, but she had thought about it.

But, that... How strange.

– Do I love Lord Alois?

Could it have been because she had always been thinking about Prince Julian for such a long time? Or was it because of the awful first impression she held of Alois subconsciously blocking out the idea of ever possibly falling in love with him? Or, perhaps, was she afraid of the fact that she herself might have changed?

Yet, Camilla realized that she loved Alois.

That simple yet all-important fact had just never crossed Camilla's mind.

"I... I'm going to talk to Lord Alois one more time."

Holding her hands together, Camilla decided that. He might try to run away from her again. He might completely refuse to see her. But, she couldn't just do nothing, especially now.

"I will not let things end like this!"

She didn't truly understand her feelings herself. What Alois thought of her, and what she thought about Alois, Camilla had to make sure. If Alois was going to try and escape from her again, Camilla would have to pursue him harder than before.

– Because... how can I possibly return to the capital with things the way they are!?