I Became the Obsessive Male Lead’s Ex-Wife

‘Do you really not know, or are you just pretending not to know?’

 

Pervin burst out laughing. She must have known the scar on Irwen’s neck, but even though she knew it, she was deliberately pretending not to know, and I suspected that she was pointing it out in a playful way. But then she noticed the worried expression on Romeo’s silent face. Does that guy really not know what a kiss mark is? How should I get over this situation? The moment when Pervin looked at Irwen’s eyes and frowned at her. Romeo gave Irwen another concerned look.

 

“Your neck is red, ma’am. Shouldn’t you at least apply some medicine?”

 

“Thank you for your concern, but this…”

 

Seeing Irwen’s face turn red and embarrassed, Pervin hurriedly hugged her.

 

“Romeo, stop worrying about Irwen and take care of your partner. Don’t forget that the person you need to take care of is Lady Belle, not my wife.”

 

“I was just worried that my sister-in-law’s injuries were serious…”

 

“I wonder if my wife’s wounds are serious. I’m looking into it every day.”

 

Romeo pounced on her as if to excuse her, but Pervin bound him with her chain-like gaze. The cold green eyes tightened around the other person. The other person was my younger brother, with whom I had been close since childhood, but I could not tolerate his rude behavior. Especially her interesting gaze towards her own wife.

 

“And don’t forget that this is a vacant seat, not a private one. It’s not your sister-in-law, it’s the Duchess of Carlisle.”

 

“She is my brother’s wife, so I just caught her eye because I felt friendly towards her.”

 

“She is my wife, she is my woman. A man’s gaze is enough for my wife.”

 

Pervin’s face, which gave special force to the expression “my woman,” was filled with a possessive desire for her. She was silent for a moment. What caught Pervin’s attention at this moment was neither Romeo, with his embarrassed face, nor Stella, who was covering her face with her hands as if she was having fun. Pervin, curious about what his wife would think of his words, glanced at her. Irwen’s face was extremely flushed. Rolling up her red lips and looking embarrassed was the reaction she wanted. Pervin caught her gaze with a languid smile…

 

“I’m sorry, Duchess. I guess I was so upset for no reason.”

 

Montague young master, who was worried about the wound on my neck, looked downcast after being met with Pervin’s murderous gaze. I felt bad for apologizing in front of Pervin, and seeing him keep apologizing even after he was away for a while.

 

“No, thank you for your concern. But it’s really not that big of a deal, so don’t worry too much about it.”

 

After consoling him several times, Montague Youngsik’s expression calmed down. Stella, who had been quiet all this time, opened her mouth as if she was amused.

 

“I only heard about it through rumors, but it’s amazing to see it in person. It seems like I haven’t changed at all from when I was young, and it also seems like I’ve added more.”

 

I blinked at the confusing words that I couldn’t understand. Lady Stella tilted her body towards me with a strange smile. Her face was full of playfulness as she spoke to me.

 

“Ever since he was young, the Duke of Carlisle has taken great care of his possessions. No, he took good care of the ‘object’ he liked.”

 

“Is it so?”

 

“How obsessive you are. When was it, she must have been 5 years old, when the Duke came to visit our castle. At that time, the stable keeper really cared for the kitten he was raising. How much did he care for it? One time, when the kitten was being groomed by another cat, he offered to do it for him and licked his tongue…”

 

“Oh my, oh my, oh my.”

 

Even just hearing it in words, I could clearly imagine it and became excited for no reason. A picture of young Pervin holding a kitten in his arms and grooming it. She was sure to be cute and cute… But somehow, it seems like this habit still remains. Just look at me and you’ll see that you’re leaving a trace of yourself with your lips, on your neck, on your collarbone, on the back of your hand, wherever you are. The wound on my neck, covered with a handkerchief, seemed to show off and tickled. Stella’s raised voice came cheerfully from next to her.

 

“Anyway, she was nibbling with her tongue as if she were a mother cat, and her fur got all over her. But the problem was that I thought it was right, so we both behaved like cats, and I remember getting scolded by Mrs. Tilly, who was her nanny at the time, for a long time. Of course, the duke insisted until the end that his actions were right.”

 

“Haha, I remember Mrs. Tilly having such a hard time getting her cat away from her brother.”

 

With Montague Youngsik from her side participating in the conversation, she gained a lot of information. When she was young, Pervin said she loved her cat so much that she groomed it herself. Mrs. Tilly, who was her nanny at the time, had no time to stop whining as she tried to stop Pervin from such behavior. While I couldn’t stop laughing at the funny story, Pervin came and sat down next to me.

 

“What makes this story so interesting?”

 

“Oh, that’s…”

 

Before I could reply, Montague’s young master continued talking excitedly.

 

“But madam, it’s not like you show affection to just anyone like that. She only bites and sucks the person she likes…”

 

Pervin’s face, which had been gently looking at me, hardened for an instant. She looked as if she had been struck by lightning in the dry sky. Beside her, Stella also helped Romeo.

 

“She loved the person she loved with all her might, the Duke of Carlisle. It was the same with her favorite object, but perhaps it was with her beloved wife…”

 

“Both of you, please shut your mouths.”

 

Pervin’s face turned red as if she was embarrassed. Whether everything they said was true, she did not deny it at all. He drank several drinks in a row, as if trying to forget his embarrassment. And when he looked at me, I couldn’t stop laughing. Stella and Montague I kept thinking about her childhood in Pervin, which Youngsik had talked about. Oh my god, such a cold-hearted man licked a kitten like a mother? And if there’s an object she likes, she bites and sucks…?

 

“You’re really cute, you.”

 

When I lightly pinched his swollen cheek, Pervin turned her face towards me. Still looking like he was going crazy with embarrassment, he whispered to me in a mumbling voice.

 

“I don’t do that to just anyone, Irwen.”

 

“Then who do you do that to?”

 

“Right now, you’re the only one who would act like that.”

 

“Hmm. Your expression of affection has been received by cats, and now I want to receive it too.”

 

As he muttered something full of selfishness, Pervin’s lips trembled. He wasn’t the strong and confident person I usually saw. Now Pervin had the face of a man obsessed and clinging to someone. His eyes are only looking at me. The moment when languid yet arrogant eyes take over my gaze.

 

“There is no need to be sullen, Irwen. I will do even more for you.”

 

* * *

 

Suddenly, an elegant string instrument melody was flowing in the banquet hall. People were dancing gracefully in pairs. Pervin reached out to me and asked me to dance. For some reason, it seemed like he wanted to get away from Lady Stella and Youngsik Montague, so I readily agreed. Before we knew it, we were dancing among the crowd. That time when we lean on each other’s bodies and give ourselves over to the rhythm. Hot lips landed on my ear, and something moist gently passed over my earlobe.

 

“That’s what you wanted earlier.”

 

The soft man’s lips kissed my ear again. The earlobes are one of the most sensitive areas, so why target that area? I pushed his arms away as if to protest, but he smiled languidly.

 

“I ask you to do it, and to make you look pretty like you used to make cats look pretty.”

 

“Somewhere other than my ears… Ah!”

 

“Huh, Pervin let out a sweet breath.

 

He lowered his head and his lips settled on the nape of his neck. A moist feeling continued on the back of his neck through the gap in the handkerchief wrapped around his neck. I thought my ears were the most sensitive area, but other places were equally sensitive to his affectionate touch. Heat rose to his face. He tilts his head slightly and stares at me. He looked at me as if he was checking my mood, and when he saw my excited face, his eyes turned into half-moon shapes.

 

“Cute.”

 

Pervin wrapped his hands around my waist as if he wanted to hold me completely close to him. I could hear noble ladies passing by cheering and whispering.

 

“Even if Geumseul gets better, isn’t it too much? Why are you expressing it so blatantly when everyone else is watching?”

 

“It’s really only a matter of time before a successor arises!”

 

“Watch out for the look in Lord Carlisle’s eyes, if you don’t get it right you could get pregnant with that look, ho ho ho!”

 

My face got hot because of their comments, so I buried my face in his chest. Pervin took my hand and hugged me as if he thought I was cute. Then his hot lips landed on my cold hand. He began to pepper each of his knuckles with kisses. His thumb, index finger, middle, and empty ring finger. When I raised my head at the sudden stop of the skinship, he frowned and met me with dark green eyes.

 

“Why don’t you have a ring?”

 

Pervin raised his left hand. The thick gold ring had the Carlisle family’s ‘Lily of the Valley’ seal engraved on it. I remained studiously silent. I thought over and over again about how I should answer so that he wouldn’t get hurt. There has been no wedding ring since I first became possessed here. It was a wedding ring, the whereabouts of which neither Mrs. Tilly, Marianne, nor the other users knew.

 

-I clearly saw rings being exchanged at the wedding. Since you didn’t wear the ring the next day, I think it may have disappeared in the meantime.

 

I searched for a while, but the wedding ring never showed up. However, since it was common for noble ladies to appear without their wedding rings, I thought Pervin would understand this. But she was more serious than ever. he’s on my ring finger

He touched his lips and whispered.

 

“Have you lost it?”

 

“I guess it’s like that, I’m sorry…”

 

His dark expression made me blurt out the end of his sentence without realizing it.

 

“…It’s proof that you are mine.”

 

“That’s not the only proof, Pervin.”

 

Pervin met my earnest gaze at my kind words. He seemed to have forgotten that there were so many people around him. In our field of vision, only each other existed. Before I knew it, he was so close that our noses were touching. His intense eyes pierced through me. He twisted his head slightly as if he was about to kiss me, then moved his lips to the nape of my neck.

 

“Yes, I left a token myself, but I forgot about it.”

 

He nagged at his handkerchief with his teeth. He blinked violently as the cold air entered the back of his neck.

 

“Why are you like this, it’s outside?”

 

“Shall we go home now? I want to be alone.”

 

“It’s just the two of us spending time here.”

 

“…I can’t really leave my mark on you here.”

 

His languid eyes suddenly flashed dangerously. Their eyes were full of wanting me. I didn’t hate the honest feeling of longing, but I wanted to test him for no reason.

 

“I’m sad because it seems like they only like my body.”

 

These words came out without me even knowing. I quickly shook my head, thinking it was okay. I wondered why I said something like that. It was too blatant, too honest. Pervin stopped blinking. In this space, time seemed to stop except for the two of us. A wisp of white-blonde hair fell on his handsome face. I felt embarrassed for some reason and turned my head away from him.

 

“That was nonsense. Stop forgetting it.”

 

“That’s absolutely ridiculous.”

 

The dumbfounded look in my eyes tightly bound me. He brought his sweet lips close to mine. His eyes were more intense than ever.

 

“Do I only like your body? Wrong.”

 

He continued without giving me time to respond.

 

“I just love you for who you are.”

 

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