When Linda got angry at Klen, I was usually involved.
And the same was likely true now.
“He is a frail person, so please be careful.”
“I know.”
“Also, please consider his stamina carefully and…”
Klen received several more warnings and scoldings from Linda before he was finally able to close the door.
Looking at the hand gripping the doorknob tightly, it seemed he had been barely holding back from slamming it shut from the start.
Was he patient, or just a good actor?
“Phew.”
“Are you alright?”
I lowered my voice and asked him as he let out a huge sigh.
“That was the moment I most regretted everything I’ve done up until now.”
“Cough.”
I couldn’t help but laugh.
While Linda was continuously giving him warnings, Klen’s face had looked like his mind had flown somewhere else at one point.
That was why he got scolded even more.
I can’t believe he regretted his clumsy acting up to this point.
Did he mean to say he nearly gave up the acting he had worked so hard on, just because of a warning from Linda?
I wondered how many times he felt like quitting when I wasn’t around, considering how often he seemed close to giving up the act.
That moment chased away the awkwardness, and I approached him, looking at the item in his hands.
Klen was holding a basket.
When I peeked inside, I saw it was filled with small, single-handed bottles.
The transparent liquid inside the bottles swayed.
The fluid that ran down the sides looked strangely sticky and slippery.
“What is this?”
“It is scented oil.”
“Scented oil…”
So, oil then. With a good scent added to it.
“Scented oil?!”
My head snapped toward the door without realizing it.
I instantly understood what this was by its name and meaning.
And the identity of the person who brought it flashed in my mind like lightning.
Now I understood the entire conversation between the two of them.
I pointed a finger at the firmly closed door, where no one stood, and exclaimed.
“A-No… Now! Now!”
“We couldn’t keep it a secret from her, could we? We need her to take care of various matters afterward, and we need to dismiss the knights outside the door for a while.”
“Ugh.”
We couldn’t do anything in secret from
Linda, who managed everything in our room.
Hiding it was out of the question, and certainly impossible.
And the knights… it would be better for everyone if they weren’t standing right outside for a while.
The thought of that embarrassing situation made my face flush, and there was simply no helping it.
‘But how many bottles did she prepare?!’
She had strongly advised him to use a lot, but the amount was substantial.
An ominous feeling slowly settled over my body.
My gaze followed the basket until he placed it on the bedside table.
Klen immediately approached me.
“I’m suddenly starting to regret…”
“The marriage?”
“No! Not that!”
I yelped for a moment, then hastily cleared my throat and averted my gaze.
“I feel like I made a decision too hastily.”
“You are definitely the only one who thinks that was a hasty decision.”
His hands, laughing in a low rumble, unbuttoned a few buttons around my neck and stroked the skin underneath.
My throat wasn’t actually constricted, but I couldn’t breathe properly.
“I waited for you to prepare yourself, but you seemed like you weren’t thinking about it at all.”
“Ugh…”
“Surely I told you beforehand from the start?”
Was he referring to the time he said all that was left was the first night?
I couldn’t help that.
Saving my life was the most important thing.
The fact that I even had the luxury to worry about this meant that I, myself, considered the current situation to be very hopeful.
“Wasn’t that mixed with a joke at the time?”
“It is true that your reaction was more entertaining than I expected. And I wasn’t perfectly prepared then either.”
“And now?”
The hand that had been tickling my neck moved behind me and grabbed the back of my head.
And the amber eyes that met mine directly flashed with a sharp light.
“Now, of course, I can throw you onto the bed right away.”
The lips that slowly overlapped were softer than usual.
Our touching lips lightly brushed as he changed the angle.
The breath I tried to release in the slight gap was sucked away, as if pulled into his mouth.
Even so, there was no ferocity between the lips that changed angle repeatedly.
But as if intending to keep his word, he did immediately throw me onto the bed.
Contrary to his tone, which suggested he would fling me down, my body softly fell and was enveloped by the fluffy sheets.
“Uh-ng…”
The act of kissing was soft enough to be ticklish, but the weight layered on top of me was heavy.
The strength with which he held my hand, intertwined between his fingers, was also strong.
Held down as if stitched to the bed, the kissing deepened further.
My mouth was firmly covered, and the movement rummaging inside my mouth seized all my senses.
Moreover, his face, placed at such close proximity, disturbed my breathing.
I had no choice but to squeeze my eyes shut.
But whether that was a mistake, or his movements had changed, the sensation rummaging inside my mouth felt completely different from before.
The tip of his tongue, which checked my teeth and grazed along them, now lightly pressed and tickled the soft flesh inside.
“Hup.”
He followed my face as it turned sideways to avoid the sensation, capturing my tongue and slowly winding around it.
That movement was strangely stimulating.
My fingertips twitched from the endless entanglement, like licking a sweet dessert.
I wanted to pull this face away from me, if only for a moment.
Not too far, just enough for my breath to stabilize.
All these sensations might be due to the darkness in my vision.
Finally, I slightly opened my eyes, which had been closed for only a short time.
And,
“Uht!”
I immediately met the gaze of his beast-like eyes right in front of me.
A chilling shiver ran down my neck at the sight of him smiling with the corners of his eyes slightly curved.
Had he been staring straight at me like this even when I had my eyes closed?
‘I can’t let this…’
I can’t be pulled along so unilaterally.
I forced my eyes wide open and stared directly into his.
Since he didn’t avoid my gaze either, we focused only on each other’s faces, as if a staring contest had broken out.
This time, I moved my tongue, planning a counterattack, but it was easily caught without a chance to flip or turn.
He, instead, rubbed the captured tongue as if showing off and sucked strongly.
“Ha-”
My body trembled at the tingling sensation that immediately followed.
His eyes, which had not left my gaze until that moment, withdrew sideways with an expression of satisfaction.
His moving lips traced my cheek and ran along my earlobe.
“Uht, haa… W-Wait!”
My neck instinctively drew back from the continuous assault that gave me no time to catch my breath.
The ticklish sensation that started there spread everywhere and shivered as if it had struck my heart directly.
But he, ignoring my protest, lightly bit my earlobe this time.
“K-Klen! Too…”
“Adrian…”
“…!”
Please, I wanted to say, go slower with the stimulation.
