He raised his hand to gently rub the corner of her lips, gently wiping away the trace of water left from when she rinsed her mouth.

"But even if you really detest me," he said, "it still doesn't matter! We're husband and wife now, so it's perfectly natural for us to touch each other, right? For the sake of our kids, you'll endure it even if you're reluctant, isn't that true?"

He then turned around and was prepared to walk away after finishing his sentence, almost as if he had no intention to listen to her response at all.

"It's getting late now," he said. "You should go to bed. I've still got some work to take care of, so I'll be in my study."

But before he could take more than two steps away from her, he suddenly felt a pair of slender arms wrapping around his waist from behind.

"I don't detest you," she told him, burying her face against his broad back. "What happened just now was purely morning sickness, and I have no control over when I feel sick, but I know that at the very l