Chapter 14.
Supporting her head firmly with his arms, Alexis slammed his pelvis hard one last time. His entire body stiffened with the sensation of ejaculation that made the back of his neck tingle. Finally, Alexis moaned in satisfaction as he poured all the fruits of the surging pleasure into her.
I couldn’t tell how much time had passed, but my whole body was soaked in sweat that poured down like rain, and the flames in the fireplace that had been burning brightly had gone out. The once warm living room was filled with a pungent smell, as if it were a trace of a passionate love affair, and the room was dark. Now I saw that the rain had stopped.
Although it could be dangerous to be so absorbed in the changes that you don’t notice them, the feeling of relief from having quenched a long-standing thirst was simply refreshing. As Alexis slowly raised his upper body, Sis’s hand, which had been holding onto his forearm like a rope, slid away. Her delicate fingertips didn’t move at all.
“I need to wash her up.”
She must have sweated just as much. And it wasn’t just sweat. The area between her thighs must have been soaked with something even more moist than sweat, making her feel uncomfortable.
He wondered whether he should wash her like the first night they spent together, but there was no answer. The moment he lowered his gaze in confusion, Alexis’s heart thumped. Sis was lying down as if asleep, but her face was too pale to be called asleep.
“……hey.”
Alexis was rarely flustered and hurriedly touched her cheek. The skin, which he had expected to be as pale as a sheet of paper and cold, felt as hot as boiling. Alexis, who pulled away in surprise, shouted with a stiff face.
“Siss!”
His dry voice echoed through the large reception room. Hearing his shout, she heard someone running from afar. But despite the commotion, she couldn’t open her eyes.
Her wrist, which had been hanging precariously, fell to the floor under the sofa. The slow movement reminded Alexis of a death, and he felt goosebumps run down his spine.
It was half a day later when Siss, who had fainted, woke up.
When I came to my senses and slowly opened my eyes, my head was spinning and my body was shaking. I couldn’t figure out when I lost consciousness. I felt hotter than usual and dizzy all the time, but I thought it was just the effects of a slightly intense love affair.
As she carefully got up, a headache that felt like needles were stabbing her brain followed. She lowered her head, clutching her head, and discovered that she was wearing a negligee she had never seen before. Her body, which had been so uncomfortable, was now as clean as if she had just washed it.
Sis pulled up the blanket that covered her waist to avoid the cold that continued to bite her and looked around. This place, unfamiliar yet secretly familiar, was… …a bedroom. Alexis Vegas’s bedroom.
“Oh my, miss. You’re awake.”
Sisae opened her eyes wide in surprise at the sudden voice. A maid who had come in without knowing when came over and carefully wiped her face with a dry towel before handing her the medicine she had brought.
“I, what happened to me… … .”
I had no recollection of my last sexual encounter with him, so I had no way of knowing what happened after that. After taking the medicine with water and asking, the maid, who seemed quite cheerful, gave me a simple explanation.
“I heard that the young lady suddenly collapsed. The master was very worried.”
“Where is His Highness now?”
“He was by your side until now, but he had to leave for a moment due to urgent business. I will tell him that you have now awakened.
“No, it’s okay… … wait here!”
The maid left the bedroom without Sis having a chance to stop her.
Left alone, Sis looked at the closed door in a daze and recalled the maid’s words. Alexis had been worried about her and had been by her side all this time… … . She felt embarrassed at the fact that he had done something that a lover would do. Sis, who was already in a bad condition, seemed to be getting even more excited by the unexpected news, so she half-leaned against the headboard of the bed.
Before her blushing face could subside, the bedroom door opened again. This time, the visitor was Alexis, the owner of this bedroom.
He walked over to me with long legs without hesitation and sat down on one side of the bed. Before I lost consciousness, I saw him, drenched in sweat from the intense digging, and disheveled, but now he looked clean enough to go to work right away.
“The body.”
Alexis’s voice was lower and harder than usual. He wasn’t the type of person who was gentle, but he wasn’t cold or indifferent either. Sis looked around for no reason, wondering if something had happened when she had fallen.
“Are you okay.”
“……Yeah?”
A cold air flowed through his amber eyes. It was a look of disbelief at the answer coming out of her mouth. Seeing his reaction, which was not softening but rather growing colder, Sis tilted her head, wondering if there was something strange about her answer.
Alexis, who had been roughly running his hands through her hair as if he was frustrated, furrowed his brows.
“You passed out during sex. Are you really okay?”
“……Ah.”
“If it hurts that much, you should have said something. Why did you foolishly endure it?”
From the moment he saw Siss faint, Alexis’s heart pounded as if it would burst at any moment. The feeling of his blood vessels pulsing breathlessly and his blood rushing from head to toe was something he never wanted to experience again. Even though his head determined that she couldn’t possibly be dead, his heart only accepted what he could see with his eyes.
Alexis was vulnerable to her face. It was already confusing to see the face he had been searching for over a decade in front of him, but seeing that face he had longed for so long and fainted made him unable to calm down. His heart sank as if it had been plunged into ice water.
The last time he saw this face was when the woman was pale and frightened after being shot. He was overcome with a sense of guilt and fear that he had not felt even when he killed his half-brothers and drove their biological mother out of the mansion.
Meanwhile, Siss shrugged her shoulders at his sudden shouting.
Foolishly enduring it. To be honest, it was his fault for not checking on her condition, but it was something that she should be angry at. That was why Siss could not understand why Alexis was angry at her.
But soon, the maid’s message that he had been very worried about her came to mind. It was understandable that he would have been surprised if the other person had suddenly fainted during a passionate love affair. If it had been the other way around, Sis would have also gone blank, wondering what was going on. When I thought about it from the other person’s perspective, I could understand his feelings to some extent.
“Sorry.”
I thought this was an extension of worries because of my mistakes, so I first apologized to him. Then Alexis hesitated and his face turned dry, as if he didn’t like something.
“Fuck. I didn’t want an apology, I… … .”
It was quite unexpected to see him talking nonsense in such an unusual way. Then, when Sis coughed, he immediately shut his mouth.
Sis just stared at Alexis like that.
When she was young, very young, her parents also got angry like Alexis. It was when Siss and her younger sister Sheila were playing on the terrace and fell down the railing. It was an accident that happened so quickly that the servants nearby couldn’t stop it.
The accident left a small scar on Sis’ round forehead, and whenever my parents saw it, they would make a more painful expression on my face and scold me sternly, saying, “Don’t play that kind of prank again.” That was the first time I felt scared of my parents, who were always so kind and gentle.
Only after Sis grew a little older did she understand why her parents were so angry. They loved her so much, and that was why they were hurting more than her. There was nothing more heartbreaking than seeing someone precious to me suffer.
Count and Countess Millan were not present at the scene of the accident and could not have prevented it, but they had a guilty expression on their faces whenever they saw Sis’s wounds. It was only when Sis’s scars had completely disappeared that she stopped seeing that expression.
Alexis’s behavior now reminded me of my parents when I was young. When I thought that maybe his anger was the same as my parents’, my heart felt warm as if the sun was shining down on me. He was truly worried about this cursed body that I didn’t even worry about because I knew it wouldn’t die.
“I don’t think it was because of the pain. It was just… … .”
Siss lowered her voice as if embarrassed, rubbing the blanket with her fingers.
“I thought you, I was a little… … excited. I told you that I like doing that with you.”
To be honest, it was really ecstatic until I almost passed out. I didn’t open my mouth as I was pushed to the point of losing consciousness because the situation was so good that I couldn’t tell if it was a dream or reality.
Who would have thought that my dizzy head was due to a cold?
Sis never imagined that she would say such embarrassing words with her own mouth. At this moment, she held both her cheeks with the feeling of a perfect lady. The words she had said to comfort him, who was worried, brought on an extremely strong sense of shame. Then, she felt a sharp headache again and groaned faintly.
Likewise, Alexis, who had been half-astonished by the unexpected answer, came to his senses at her moan and leaned forward.
Sis’s eyes widened as she suddenly felt something touch her forehead. It didn’t take long for her to realize that it was his forehead.
His golden eyes, which were literally right in front of my nose, were so startling that I thought my heart would split open. I usually made eye contact, but today, for some reason, I couldn’t. I couldn’t tell how far the warmth spreading from his forehead touching each other would affect me. My chest was beating like a stone thrown into the water.
“What about the medicine?”
“I ate what the maid brought me earlier.”
Sis answered, avoiding eye contact. Alexis didn’t take his forehead off hers even after hearing her answer. They were so close that they could feel each other’s breaths, so she felt hyper-conscious of his presence, just like they had in the living room last night when they were alone.
“It’s still hot.”
It was better than when he had touched the unconscious Sis, but the heat still hadn’t gone away. He clicked his tongue, not liking the fact that she wasn’t getting better quickly. Then he stared at her with a stare that was so clear that it was hard to ignore what
he was thinking.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Do you want me to get better from cold?”
“… … Then you don’t want to get better?”
Even while talking to him, my body was trembling, and it didn’t seem like a mild cold.
“I know a way that works.”
He answered with a low smile, as if he had been waiting for her answer. It was the first time she had seen Alexis smile so gently, and Sis was a little taken aback. However, the smile turned mischievous and playful the moment the corners of his lips curved a little more.
“You can transfer a cold by kissing.”
Alexis rushed at her, grabbing her slender chin before she could answer. If Sis hadn’t hastily raised a hand to cover his lips, they would have kissed long ago.
“Oh, no!”
