An illegitimate child.
You've had it really hard, Shiina.
But Shiina was already a famous designer, yet her child still had no official status. It felt a little strange.
"I just feel like..."
But Kei's gaze was fixed on Shiina's daughter.
She stared into Little Sora's eyes.
Little Sora immediately hid behind her mother, then cautiously poked her head out. But when she saw Aunt Karuizawa was still looking at her, she quickly shrank back again.
She seemed very shy around strangers.
"What is it?" Shiina was quite perceptive.
"It's nothing. Maybe I'm overthinking it," Kei said.
"By the way, Kushida, you're pregnant?" Shiina Hiyori noticed Kushida's slightly rounded belly.
"Yeah, I only got pregnant recently," Kushida said. "I work in pediatrics now. After seeing so many children, it's about time I looked after one of my own."
"So you're finally settling down," Shiina said. "But make sure you take care of yourself. When I was pregnant, I was always nauseous."
"I don't have that symptom, but sometimes I do feel dizzy."
"Eh!"
Watching one woman speak from experience and the other speak about what she was currently going through, Karuizawa wore a slightly flustered expression.
"So pregnancy really is terrifying."
She was already considering whether she truly wanted to have a child herself.
As she thought that—
"Then I'll be heading back first." After saying goodbye, Shiina added, "He's waiting for me."
Shiina was very smart. In truth, the moment she noticed her daughter greeting Oreki's daughter, she had felt something was wrong.
Because she had never revealed her existence to the others.
Or rather, her status was something like that of a mistress.
And she clearly understood why things had turned out this way.
It was just that this was very bad now.
She had actually run into