Primrose wouldn’t have minded a kiss. Really, she wouldn’t have.
But unfortunately ... Edmund had just made a fatal mistake.
"You don’t have to do that," she said, placing her palm gently over his lips and slowly pushing his face away. "Since you’ve already called Dr. Silas, there’s no need for you to heal my headache anymore."
Edmund’s expression darkened immediately. He suddenly regretted his decision to call Silas to the palace.
"But ... but maybe Dr. Silas won’t arrive until midnight," Edmund said, trying to make an excuse, or rather, trying to steal a kiss from his wife. "You might not be able to sleep well if you’re just waiting for him."
Primrose smiled faintly, then gently lowered her hand. "Don’t worry about it, Your Majesty. I’m not going to die from a simple headache."
After that, she said nothing more. She lay back down on the bed, pulled the blanket over herself, and turned her back to Edmund.
"Please wake me when Dr. Silas arrives," she murmured. "I just need a short nap."
Edmund stood there, frozen. His hand hovered awkwardly in the air, still hoping he could reach for his wife and convince her to kiss him instead of relying on the doctor.
But when he saw her shoulders slowly relax and heard her breathing even out, he sighed quietly.
He didn’t do anything else.
He simply sat on the edge of her bed ... and let her sleep.
• • •
In the middle of the night, Primrose felt someone gently shaking her shoulder.
"Wife, you need to wake up for a moment," Edmund whispered. "Your doctor is here."
Primrose reluctantly opened her heavy eyelids. Unfortunately, her headache hadn’t gone away just by sleeping. If anything, sleeping had only made it worse.
She even had to lean her head against Edmund’s arm as she sat up in bed.
What the hell was wrong with her?
If her old teachers found out she nearly died just from doing too much math, they’d probably burst out laughing in front of her face.
No, there was nothing wrong with her.
It was just that she hadn’t used her brain in years because Edmund never gave her any responsibilities in her first life.
So it wasn’t a surprise that now, after suddenly using her brain so much, it felt like it was on fire.
Basically, this was all her husband’s fault!
"Where is he?" Primrose asked, her voice a little hoarse. She lifted her face to meet Edmund’s eyes.
Edmund held his breath when he heard how weak she sounded. "He just arrived," he said. "He’ll be here any moment."
She looked down, noticing that Edmund was still wearing the same clothes from earlier, just like when he first came into her room.
Had he been staying in her room the whole time while she was asleep?
[She had been tossing and turning in her sleep the entire time. That headache really didn’t let her rest properly.]
[I should’ve just kissed her while she was sleeping.]
Primrose furrowed her brows slightly, surprised that he had actually stayed and watched over her while she slept.
It wasn’t like she had never spent the night with Edmund before, they had done it twice, actually.
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