Spoiled my CEO husband after Rebirth

"...Only then did I find out that there was someone orchestrating it all behind the scenes. To prevent such things from happening again and to prevent them from targeting you, I didn't contact you for the past two months."

His narration was delivered in a light manner, and his tone was very calm.

But to Gwenda, his words were shocking.

"So, he wasn't trying to make a fool of me by disappearing for two months, but he was trying to protect me by investigating the true cause of the fire.

If that was the case, doesn't that mean that the last two months had been particularly stressful for him?"

With that thought, Gwenda's anger dissipated and she frowned.

Olivier did not miss the shift of expression on her face, and he smiled faintly. "I've put in a lot of effort in order to find out the masterminds behind the incident and almost got hurt in the process. I'm sorry for not taking your feelings into account for the past two months."

"You got hurt?"

Gwenda asked worriedly without thinking.

Hearing that, Olivier's smile grew. He chuckled and said, "Are you worried about me?"

...

tricked once again. Her ears burned red with embarrassment as well as a fair amount

They're

soothed her with a smile instead. "So, are

him but

she accepted his explanation, Gwenda still felt miffed. At the same time, she was distressed by his experience when she recalled how worried she had been and did not know

been observing the little shifts in her expression. Seeing that she has no inclination to speak, he raised an

"What things?"

up as she struggled with cutting the steak

over to her and took Gwenda's plate as his own. "The things I left at your house, of

them out

before she continued eating her steak like nothing had

flickered briefly through Olivier's eyes as he asked, "Is

left. Why should

that, her eyes

classic representation

ever as he said, "No problem,

"What?"

the middle of eating her steak and looked up at him in astonishment. "You

"Of course."