After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World

The couple rested together on the bed, Winona comfortably spooned inside his embrace.

However, she flinched when his hand ended up on her stomach, rubbing it gently. She turned to look at him and his handsome face and flushed cheeks. He didn’t seem to mind it, but she remembered a few things that made her sad.

When they were in the pool, she felt conscious when wearing a bathing suit. It felt like people were looking at her slightly bulging stomach.

Winona had a good body and was used to being admired for it. Having a bulging stomach was objectively not pretty in her eyes.

And with that… came insecurities.

What if this guy found her ugly? What if he got bored of the slow sex? What if he grew tired ofher emotional outbursts?

The statistics of men cheating on their wives while they were pregnant were concerningly high. Combined with her hormones, and the fact that a certain ex-girlfriend was like a fly buzzing around, Winona’s insecurities were not unfounded.

Speaking of exes Hana somehow managed to secure a job at the bank and was doing quite well there. Raj and Ramil seemed impressed with her and, in time, she could get promoted. This would mean she’d have more interactions with her husband.

Ansel did have a certain minimum for his girlfriends. For one, they had to be decent people and smart.

While the former seemed to be a little doubtful considering what she obviously wanted, perhaps she wasn’t like that before. People changed, after all, especially after going through so much in this place.

However, the latter couldn’t be faked. The fact that they dated meant that there was something about her that attracted Ansel, so Winona felt a little fear regardless of whether she showed it or not.

However, with the weird hormonal reactions in her body now, sometimes she just couldn’t control her tears.

When he felt something wet on his bare chest, Ansel immediately flinched. This wasn’t the first time it happened so he didn’t panic too much, but it didn’t mean he wasn’t heartbroken.

”H-Hey, what’s wrong?” he asked, slightly pushing himself up with an arm so he could look at her closely. He looked at her crying silently, though she couldn’t control her own body which was pitiful in and of itself.

He sighed. ”I’m sorry,” he said, and he looked quite sincere.

This made Winona stop and look at him weirdly. ”What did you do?”

”I don’t know.”

This just made Winona cry even more. She rolled around, not wanting to see his stupid face. ”You idiot… wuuuuu….”

Ansel sighed and sat up, placing her to sit on her legs. ”What did husband do so he can apologize properly.”

Winona bit her lips, cheeks turning red, seriously pondering what to say. Was she supposed to say that she just felt jealous for no reason? That she didn’t like what her body was becoming? And that she was afraid he’d leave her?

Saying it out loud was… embarrassing.

”Nothing.”

Ansel took a deep breath and held her tighter. ”I thought we agreed to tell each other everything that bothered us,” he said. ”I’d assume it was something I said if you don’t tell me, and I’d feel horrible.

”I’d be depressed, go on a depressed eating spree, and then get fat. Would you hate me then?”

This made Winona frown and she turned to glare at him. ”You dare think that way!”

”I don’t dare,” Ansel admitted. ”But if you keep making me guess, it won’t be good for my liver. What if I can’t get it up again?”

Winona blinked at him and looked down at his very active shaft. ”Well, if it keeps your libido in check…”

”You don’t want to have sex with me?”

”No, it’s not that. I— nothing.”

Ansel didn’t speak anymore after this. Winona’s eyebrows furrowed, suddenly feeling nervous. She lifted her head to look at Ansel, to see him looking at her with a heartbroken expression, and seemingly on the verge of tears.

Her heart clenched. ”I…”

They argued a lot, but when the other showed expressions of pain, everything was forgotten.

She took a deep breath and told him. Her head tilted down the more she said, feeling embarrassed she was being so pathetic. ”I’m sorry. It’s just… Hana… she’s around you a lot again, isn’t she?”

Ansel’s eyes widened, finally realizing what this was about.

To be honest… he really couldn’t understand.

Hana was a mere friend to him now, there was absolutely no attraction anymore—especially when he had a wife! Objectively speaking, Winona was 100x more beautiful than Hana and he liked Winona 100000x more. How could she think like this? It’s so confusing.

”Wife… why are you so stupid? I guess it’s the pregnancy brain… I understand…”

Winona’s eyes widened and she glared at him. How could he say this to her now!? When she was so sad?! ”You—” she gasped, pinching his cheeks.

However, instead of starting a banter, he held her hands. His deep green eyes stared deep into her blue ones. ”Look at me in the eyes, Winona.”

Winona’s claws on his face loosened, and she suddenly felt like squirming away, unused to him being so serious.

”Hey! Don’t run!” he said, holding up both her hands. ”You are the only woman for me. Even if you turn ugly—which I’m sure you won’t—then I’d turn even uglier.”

”I’ll make an oath in the village center right now if that’s what it takes—”

”No, nono,” she said, pulling her hands away from him so she could embrace him. ”It’s fine… thank you.”

Her heart clenched. She was also confused with her own emotions, and it was annoying how she felt like everything was out of control sometimes. Fortunately, Ansel was understanding enough and he wrapped his strong arms around her back, pulling her flush to him.

Winona soon felt herself calmer and her breath stabilized, feeling everything was alright with the world again.

However, in stark contrast, Ansel’s breath grew stagnant instead.

He felt his wife’s softness rub against his body, and it was making the little brother leak a bit. He pursed his lips.

This wholesome moment… should he corrupt it again?

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His hand slowly slid south as if searching for the answer to his question.

The answer?

Yes. Yes, he should.