My Dear Duke(BL)
Chapter 72: What Should I Call Him Now?(2)

Chapter 72: What Should I Call Him Now?(2)

Either way, he would listen to her anyway.

And, what would make him hate her? If the duke didn’t hate her knowing the same thing, then why would he?

"What does brother Ash call your father?"

Anne again came back to the topic but this question made Asher go silent before answering her.

"I didn’t have a father."

"He is also in the sky, with your mother?"

"Yeah."

"I am sorry. Brother Ash must be feeling sad."

Asher couldn’t help but smile when Miss Anne hugged him again, maybe trying to comfort him.

Asher hugged her back and both of them comfortably stayed close, comforting each other.

It’s funny how she still had red eyes from crying but she was consoling the other who hadn’t even cried a bit.

After some time, finally, she let go of Asher. And, with some more talking about how Anne was happy his brother accepted her, they ended their talk and Asher left the room.

He would let Anne take her time and approach the duke. It would be like ruining a moment if he told the duke about Miss Anne’s plans to call him ’father.’ If it was left as a surprise, then it would be more memorable and emotional.

He would let the two take care of it themselves.

’They are both the same. Indeed father and daughter. I wouldn’t doubt it anymore.’

Having gone between this pair, now he was getting used to it and way too comfortable. Whenever the duke and he talk again, unlike before, his words come naturally and he doesn’t think much while talking. And when he is with Anne, now he can’t look at her like his miss, but a pitiful little girl, more like a friend or a sister of his own.

’They need to spend more time together to ease the awkwardness. It’s a big change now.’

No matter how much Asher tried to think this change of their relationship was light, he couldn’t.

The duke’s sister literally turned out to be his very own daughter.

Not just a sister.

His own blood.

His first child...

’Damn...This is some messed up situation.’

Asher thought while walking toward the back of the mansion so he could help Mary do the laundry. He often goes there to help her since Anne didn’t really want him all the time.

She can mostly do a lot of things by herself.

And at that moment, it would be better to let Miss Anne have some alone time to come to her decision. He didn’t want to interfere or disturb her.

"Ah! You are here. Come quick. Please help me."

As soon as Mary saw Asher, she dumped a basket in his hand and got back to work again. Asher silently followed her and went to do the work, but noticing some obvious glares from other servants there.

Asher rolled his eyes and got to work thinking back about the rumours. They must be curious.

’What will happen when these people get to know Miss Anne’s and the duke’s real relationship? I am sure it will spread like wildfire when this gets out. And, they will definitely dig into his past which of course won’t end up in anything good. It’s very noticeable that the duke had his first child when he was just around 15. People will be very very curious. Haa...I wonder if the duke will keep it up like this or announce their relationship? Things seem to get more and more complicated starting with one thing. How troublesome...’

....

Felix finally called Lucas and as soon as he arrived, the first thing happened was getting berated by him for working this soon. But after consoling him, Felix explained everything that happened to which Lucas immediately became gentle and sympathetic.

Well, yeah, mostly shocked because he didn’t even suspect such a possibility.

"Are you okay?"

Lucas guiltily asked Felix.

"Yeah."

Felix said just casually and Luccas raised an eyebrow with a questioning look on his face.

"Really? Are you really feeling okay?"

"Mm... this happened a few days ago. So...it’s not affecting me anymore. It’s old news."

Somewhat, Felix didn’t really look bothered.

Lucas kind of guessed Felix had already passed the shocked period of this news as he always got triggered with the lightest thing that led him to recall his past depressing memories. Which would then end up in Felix unknowingly hurting himself, basically shutting himself down.

Like starving himself, not sleeping and just thinkinging about it all the time.

Most of the time, Lucas used to feed him sleeping pills so he wouldn’t exhaust himself by staying awake over his limit.

It used to be really bad.

With time, he got better but Lucas wouldn’t really say it’s an improvement.

As a physician, he knows Felix’s way of responding is really an unhealthy way to deal with mental problems.

"You told Asher about this?"

Lucas, having chained events with time, asked Felix. That time Felix was definitely because of the depression he went through. While Asher stayed by his side, it might not be just to take care of him. Maybe out of pressure, Felix said about his problems to Asher.

Felix looked at Lucas hesitantly and nodded, confirming Lucas’s suspicions.

"If he is trustworthy, I don’t blame you. Since you already told him such an important matter, then I believe you trust him a lot."

"Mmm..."

"Its okay if you trust him. But...be careful because people can take advantage of you knowing such a sensitive matter. So, don’t trust everyone blindly."

"I know."

"Asher does look like a good person."

"Mm.."

"I hope he is really a good person."

"Mm..."

With Felix’s blank answers, Lucas couldn’t help but stop talking more as it seemed like Felix didn’t want to talk about Asher anymore. So, Lucas stopped as he didnt want to drag out a conversation with Felix not being interested.

But Lucas was, well, should he say amused? Or excited?

Felix rarely opens up to people other than Lucas, so this was a pretty big deal actually.

Lucas wished Asher would be as trustworthy as Felix believed him to be.

Somewhere in his heart, he was also forced to believe Asher was indeed trustworthy. Maybe because Felix seemed to not regret telling Asher about it...

As long as things are peaceful, Lucas was fine with that.

Lucas smiled and hit Felix’s shoulder, back to his joyful self, teasing Felix.

"Congratulations! You are a father!"

Felix rolled his eyes but laughed along with Lucas as he kind of felt good about this whole thing now.

It’s okay.

It didn’t matter how Anne was born.

Now he knew.

It’s his daughter.

Like always, she is still his family.

Even if he is to discover she is a stranger, she would still be his family that he had always cherished and will cherish.

Now, he will be a good father.

Being a father can’t be that hard, right?

He would just continue like this.

He was basically a father to Anne even before confirming he was actually her father anyway.

’A father...I am Anne’s father. She is my daughter. Still...quite weird. I should just not overthink it.’