Chapter 15
“Why?”
“It would be more rude to… … .”
It was enough to occupy his bedroom for a few hours already, and nothing could be more annoying than the fact that he, the owner of this enormous mansion, was taking care of her himself.
“Is that why you don’t want to stay here?”
“Yes? Why me? I should just go back to my mansion.”
“In this state of health? Don’t even think about going back until you get better.”
Sis opened her mouth wide in surprise at his reckless attitude. Then she quickly closed her mouth and shook her head.
“No. If I stay here any longer, the Duke will become anxious, so I will go now.”
“Who knows, what would you do if you collapse on the way to the mansion?”
“It’s not like… … I’m weak.”
Since I had a history of fainting, I couldn’t protest strongly. Furthermore, since I collapsed during a meeting, I was left with nothing to say.
“I don’t care that since you’re the only one here.”
Alexis took out his pocket watch from his bosom, checked the time, and muttered softly.
“So, when you’re completely better, you can go back.”
It was a firm stance that he would not listen to her protests.
She was about to say something, but she just kept her mouth shut when he seemed to be getting up from the bed.
I didn’t hate his reaction, which was so worrying about me. To be honest, I liked his bedroom much better than my own, which was cold and lacking in warmth.
She reluctantly agreed and tried to lie down again, but he suddenly reached out. When he came to her, his hand was already wrapped around the nape of her neck, and her head was dragged limply. As soon as their lips overlapped, his tongue dug in and roughly tore through her mouth as if trying to take away all the heat.
The kiss was short and intense. It only lasted a few seconds, but in that time, my heart was pounding hard as I was out of breath. Sis glared at him, rubbing her lips with the back of her hand and for forcing herself to kiss him. At other times, he was a man who showed unexpected consideration, but when it came to skinship, he never backed down.
“Let her rest.”
He acts as he pleases and smiles so beautifully that you can’t even criticize him. His already pretty face shines even more when he smiles like a picture. Sis easily realized that his smile was a smile of relief that came only after confirming that she was okay.
The golden gaze, as if it was filled with honey, made her heart tingle. She had never experienced such a strange reaction in her life, but it was so strange that it was happening so often these days, like a habit. Every moment with him stimulated her with a new sensation.
Only after Alexis left the bedroom did Sis finally get to lie down comfortably. But she couldn’t sleep, so she just stared at the ceiling.
Strangely, the hot heat that had spread throughout my body seemed to be concentrated on my lips. Or maybe it was my
heart. How else could my heart beat so hard? My head was spinning again, but this time it didn’t seem to be because of the cold.
Meanwhile, Alexis, who had left the bedroom, leaned against the closed door.
In the bedroom, he kept seeing her face as if it were right before his eyes.
Especially the way she confessed that she liked having sex with me with her cheeks flushed with a pinkish color, and the way she glanced at me without any ill feelings after the kiss. When I thought about that, my chest started to flutter subtly.
Alexis felt his lower body awkward, so he touched his mouth with his hand. Only then did he realize that he was smiling. The corners of his mouth stiffened as if he had never smiled before, realizing that he had smiled a beat too late.
He didn’t smile much unless it was really helpful for business. He wasn’t the type to smile a lot, and after he ascended to the position of a duke, he became even more cautious because it seemed out of place. A smile can relieve tension and make you feel friendly, but it can also give you the opportunity to make fun of people.
It was surprising that I, who was like that, smiled in a place that wasn’t even a public place. I also remembered that it was so long ago that I couldn’t even remember the last time I smiled naturally at someone.
He sighed and wiped his face. The plan had already gone awry long ago, in that he was pretending not to care, but was actually being manipulated by Sis. And instead of trying to take the initiative and seize the opportunity, he was just laughing listlessly. Somehow, an ominous feeling made his back ache. He pulled hard at the cigar.
As he straightened up and headed to his office, all his attention was focused on his bedroom.
* * *
Sis had to be nursed under Alexis’ watchful eye until her cold completely went away. She ended up having to stay at the duke’s mansion for a few more days due to Alexis’s insistence that she could not be sent away until her cold had gone away.
At first she was confused, but she soon realized that this was an opportunity. At night, all the servants would go to their quarters, and the mansion, which was full of people, would become deserted. Alexis would also be asleep, so wouldn’t it be perfect to quietly browsing the exhibition hall then?
Sis waited for night to come, her heart pounding with excitement at the unexpected opportunity.
But the heavens were never on her side.
“… … Are you going to sleep here?”
Sis looked at Alexis, who had burst open the door in the middle of the night and came in, with empty eyes. Alexis, who had just washed up and was wearing only a robe and running his hands through his wet hair, snorted as if he had heard a strange question.
“Then where am I going to sleep, leaving my bedroom?”
“But… … you might catch a cold.”
Sis stepped aside to avoid him as he approached the bed right away. The sudden movement made her headache worse, but she didn’t have time to notice him as she was on guard as if she was an animal stalking its prey.
“I’ll use another room.”
Sis, who blurted out the words as if she had no intention of asking for his opinion, quickly moved her feet to leave the bedroom. However, before she could even take two steps, her wrist was grabbed. Her body soon tilted backwards, causing her eyes to widen.
“Where are you taking me?”
Crunch.
Only after she fell did Sis realize that she had collapsed on the bed and that a large hand was tightly wrapping itself around her waist.
Alexis was naked, having taken off the gown he had been wearing.
“Wait a minute, Your Majesty!”
Sis, who was struggling to break free from his strong, iron-like arms, suddenly started coughing. Alexis immediately relaxed his arms, pulled away, and covered her body with the quilt that was lying carelessly at her feet.
“Where are you going in this condition?”
Tsk, he clicked his tongue. He seemed annoyed at her insistence when she was in poor health.
Sis was a little taken aback. If he didn’t like her being so stubborn, he could just let her go to sleep in another room. However, Alexis calmly turned off the light and wrapped his arms around her waist, as if he had no intention of backing down.
The room, which had been filled with soft light, suddenly became dark.
‘I’m screwed.’
He was holding her so tightly that she couldn’t move. It was hard to get out of bed, let alone leave the bedroom. In the darkness, Sis tried to free his arms, looking around several times. However, the more she tried, the stronger the grip on her waist became.
After watching Sis struggle for a while, he suddenly opened his mouth.
“If you have that much energy left, why don’t we have sex?”
Sis’s slender shoulders shook at the explicit tone. Soon, the resistance of her struggling body gradually weakened.
“… … I’ll take care of myself.”
Alexis almost burst out laughing at the clear refusal. He barely managed to hold back the laughter that was about to escape and slowly lifted his eyelids that had been closed until then.
The moonlight that was piercing through the window illuminated her swollen earlobes without restraint. It was such a tempting color that he felt the urge to lick it until it was wet with his tongue. However, if he did, the woman he had barely managed to keep quiet might start a fuss again, so Alexis barely suppressed his rising desire.
A quiet silence flowed through the bedroom. Sis, whose writhing had gradually subsided, was finally breathing evenly, perhaps due to the effects of the medicine she had taken before going to bed.
Alexis, who had been waiting for her to fall asleep, carefully released his arms. Then, Siss mumbled, “Hmm.” He checked to see if she was really asleep or if this was just an act, but she really seemed to be asleep. Well, he had intentionally ordered the servants to put more sleeping pills in her medicine than usual, so it was a wonder she hadn’t fallen asleep by now.
Alexis rose quietly from the bed and picked up the robe lying on the floor like a snake’s skin, draping it over his shoulders. The cool moonlight illuminated his voluptuous muscles as he moved.
He walked around the bed, his footsteps muffled, to Sis’s bedside. He then opened the third drawer next to it. Inside was a round double-lens magnifying glass.
It looks like an ordinary magnifying glass, but it’s actually a magical tool. It’s used on someone whose identity is hidden, and if that person changes their appearance through magic, their true appearance will be revealed in this magnifying glass.
Alexis twisted the double-layered magnifying glass up and down, and magic began to flow out of the gap in the form of powder. It flew towards the sleeping Sis as if it were air and permeated it.
He bent one knee and leaned over the bed, slowly raising the magnifying glass to his eyes. For some reason, his heart pounded. If she was hiding her appearance with magical powers, her true appearance would be visible through the magnifying glass.
Alexis couldn’t help but suspect that Sis had changed her appearance with some mysterious power. He had pretended not to know until now, but if this continued, he might fall before he could figure out her intentions. It was time to wake up from the dream.
But on the other hand… … .
“……Ha…”
