I Became the Obsessive Male Lead’s Ex-Wife

I felt his body trembling in my arms. His hand around my waist pulled me more gently into his embrace. After covering his tear-soaked lips with my lips several times, he impatiently opened his own. Hot breath came between my lips and stirred for a while. As I clung to him in a daze, he extended a gentle hand as if he was lusting after me. His hand, which had been wrapped around her waist, was now pointing upward. My black hair, which was neatly tied up, fell loose under his touch. He moved his waist-length hair, which was flowing and flowing, behind my shoulder, and pulled his lips away from me as if panting. The red around his eyes was still the same, but his eyes were now full of heat rather than crying vulnerability. My dry lips, which he had bitten several times as if he was nervous, are now moist with saliva. Red eyes, red lips, and burning dark green eyes. It seemed like it was going to eat me at any moment. Pervin, who was only looking at me with hazy eyes, clasped my hand as I stepped back and placed his hot lips on the back of my hand.

“Where are you going?”

“Here, the stairs. And there are guests…”

“You were the one who said you would cover it with your lips.”

The feeling of his lips, which had been on the back of my hand, suddenly moved to my face again. When he saw my eyes shaking, he carefully turned me against the wall. He was unbuttoning his neatly buttoned shirt as if he was frustrated, looked around for a moment, and then stared at my rash face. When I blinked violently at his burning gaze, he grinned.

“If you’re doing it because you’re embarrassed, don’t worry. Because I’m big enough to cover you.”

I looked up at Pervin, whose voice was drowsy. He was looking down at me with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. His left arm was stretched out and wrapped around my waist, and his right hand was tickling my face, so my eyes were filled with him. The unbuttoned shirt was loosely open, allowing a narrow view of the curved collarbone and wide chest muscles. I closed my eyes tightly and tried my best to resist his seductive appearance. The heart that had been pounding at the sight of Ibelin had long since been covered by the sound of the pounding heart due to Pervin’s temptation. I felt relieved, happy, and grateful. I was so grateful that my heart was beating solely for my man. The person I liked was this man, my man was Pervin, and the person I would love was also Pervin. When I heard the small cheers of the young maids huddled together in the entrance hall, I snuggled further into Pervin’s arms.

“Thank you, Pervin.”

“Why?”

“It’s just that you’re my man.”

A large hand stroked my face for a moment as if loving it, and then he whispered something in my ear as if he couldn’t bear it anymore.

“I will try to become a man worthy of you.”

“You’ve already done enough, Pervin.”

“I will try my best to embrace you both physically and mentally. So, first, let me embrace your lips more.”

He rolled his eyes sadly. How could I not allow this man who is acting cute? When I nodded, he lowered his head. The hot man’s lips swallowed mine.

* * *

Two people hiding out of sight behind the stairs on the second floor. Marianne, standing right behind the stairs on the second floor, had a mixture of confusion and excitement on her face. Ibelin, who was behind him, closed her eyes and leaned her body against the pillar behind her steps. I was in a hurry to leave the mansion, but I had no idea that I would see Ferwin and Irwen kissing right in front of me. Ibelin repeated as if she was talking to herself.

“As expected, it’s hard to bear. Because it’s right in front of you, more.”

He already knew. Irwen, who lost her memories, is a completely different person. If he sees Irwen in front of him, he will have an even harder time. Despite all that, he was the one who chose her to come here because he wanted to see only her. She was the one who came with great determination. He came knowing that the Duke of Carlisle had deep feelings of affection for his wife and that he liked her and her gold thread.

“Even though I endured it so much, my heart still hurts so much.”

He pounded his burning chest until it hurt. The fire that I thought had been extinguished was burning again.

* * *

After a while. At my urging, Pervin immediately went out to the front door to see Ibelin off. Seeing Pervin holding my hand tightly, Ibelin bowed her head politely.

“I’m sorry for causing any harm. But thanks to the duchess’ good care, my body recovered. Thank you.”

Pervin slightly raised the corners of her mouth, seeming to feel even better.

“I’m glad you’re okay, Count Rune. “Now I can just rest in a comfortable home.”

Words with the nuance of telling you to go quickly. Ibelin smiled bitterly.

“Haha, as expected, I am not welcome at the Duke of Carlisle’s residence.”

“Mrs. Tilly seemed to tremble when she heard those words,” she added.

“What are you saying! He is related to our wife, so of course we welcome him.”

“The look in my eyes earlier was as cold as icicles.”

“No way, haha… Ha ha ha ha ha!”

The maids became one and let out an uneasy laugh. Although they were distracted by Ibelin’s beauty, they were secretly concerned about the way I looked at him. Pervin, who was next to me, treated Ibelin in a very generous manner.

“Let’s meet again next time when there’s a good opportunity. I feel uncomfortable because I feel like I am sending the Count, who is weak and weak, away without being able to treat him properly. But what did they say the name of the disease was? I thought you said that Mr. Dumpari also visited you earlier.”

At his sudden question, both I and Ibelin’s faces froze. If I tell the truth that he is a lovesick, I don’t know what kind of war will break out. I crossed my arms around Pervin and spoke as if nothing had happened.

“Teacher Dungfari said it was a long journey. I ran non-stop from Verma to here, but I couldn’t rest properly, so I was exhausted.”

“But…”

When Pervin passed without any objection, we hurriedly went out to the front door to see Ibelin off. It took some time for the driver to lead the horse he was leading. I glanced at Ibelin next to me. He collapsed, his face was pale, and he looked very weak. The tall, tall man, who was a hand-span taller than me, surprisingly had the skeleton of an appendix. He seemed to have noticed my gaze and grinned.

“Even if your physical strength is weak, your appearance is not.”

“I didn’t know you were this tall.”

“Originally, my family has produced generals for generations, so I also inherited my father’s height.”

While Ibelin and I were talking, I found it odd that Pervin was quiet, so I glanced at him. He was asking various questions to the employees while he was at his mansion. He was bold enough to not even care about Ibelin anymore. Or, as I said before, are you trying? At that time, Ibelin’s voice was heard.

“Are you still writing a diary these days?”

“Diary?”

“I’m saying this because in the past, you used to write a diary every day. “He wrote a diary saying that he was learning and practicing writing from me.”

Are you saying Irwen was illiterate? Ibelin seemed to have noticed my embarrassed expression and made an apologetic expression.

“I’m sorry, ma’am. I forgot you lost your memory.”

“No, thanks. I just want to thank you for pointing out the parts I don’t remember.”

The sound of the driver bringing the horses was heard. This Ibelin stroked his head as if he was sad to go. While the coachman was giving the saddle a final check. He bent down to me and kissed the back of my hand. He said goodbye.

“Then until we meet again, goodbye.”

“Is it so? I will meet her and her husband later.”

At my words, Ibelin blushed. He quickly got on his horse. Behind me, Mrs. Tilly and the other employees were muttering that they felt refreshed and that they were finally leaving. Ibelin, riding on top of his horse, took the reins and spun around. A large shadow appeared behind me, and I felt something light being placed on top of his head. The two hands wrapped around his waist and the soft feel of his lips against his head belonged to Pervin. Pervin hugged me from behind, held my hand and shook it slightly as if to say hello.

“Then, goodbye.”

Ibelin bit her lip for the first time. His face turned as pale again as when he had fallen, and he quickly turned his horse and rode away at full speed. As soon as he was out of sight, each employee let out the breath they had been holding. The employees looked at him as if they had a lot to say to Pervin, but as soon as Pervin exchanged meaningful glances with them, he turned away. Pervin looked embarrassed at my curious gaze and extended his long hand towards me.

“Now I am the only one in your sight.”

Pervin stretched out his white hand and brushed my hair back. The corners of his eyes, which were once red, were now beautifully curved into half-moon shapes.

“It always seems like I’m the only one anxious, right?”

“They say thoughts are free.”

“Well, it’s not a bad thing to be manipulated by you like this.”

As I playfully pulled his cheek, Pervin took my hand and pressed his lips to my palm.

“At the masquerade ball in a few days, you will tease me.”

“Can you do that?”

When I grinned at him, Pervin looked at me blankly and buried his face in my hands.

“I’m going to do my best to seduce you.”

* * *

A few days later. Pervin was busy with work, so he woke up early in the morning before the sun had risen, and came in at dawn when crickets were chirping. The fact that he was by my side was only evidenced by the fact that when I woke up in the morning, there was a bunch of lily of the valley on the table. And my lips got wet too. Every morning, I checked his lips and his face turned red. I missed him. The event he prepared even though he couldn’t come home often was a masked ball held for Ibelin. The masquerade ball held following the Royal Guard demonstration ceremony held not long ago was a custom of the imperial family to hold the most extravagant and joyful masquerade ball when envoys or ambassadors from foreign countries arrived.

“Madam, here are the clothes Madame Bertin sent me! Now this is the final version!”

“Okay.”

I stopped searching the drawer and got up. In fact, I was more concerned about the diary than the masquerade ball. Ibelin’s words kept coming to mind.

“When you were in Verma, you wrote a diary every day.”

Yes, diary! If I kept a diary when I came here, it would be a great achievement. Because I would have honestly written about my past and my story, which did not appear in the original work. I crossed my arms.

“Where is it? Where I hid the diary.”

But no matter how much I searched my room, I couldn’t find the diary. Following the ring, the diary also disappeared. I eventually asked Mrs. Tilly and Marianne for help, but they also gave me no clues.

“Ma’am, what is the importance of such a diary? The present is more important than the past.”

Mrs. Tilly, with a kind smile, held my hand tightly, as if to reassure me.

“We really want you to be happy.”

* * *

A few days later, on the day of the masquerade ball. Since the concept was to hide each other’s identities, I was fully prepared for it.

“If you want to hide your identity, you have to do it perfectly.”

Mrs. Tilly and Marianne worked together to change my black hair to white blonde. A high-quality platinum-blonde wig borrowed from Madame Bertin’s clothing store was naturally fixed to my hair. After wearing the wig, it seemed to look very similar to Pervin’s platinum-blonde hair. Marianne said giggling.

“My hair color has become the same as my master! Does this make it a couple look?”

“No, Pervin will come out hiding her appearance to some extent.”

Even so, she had no idea what Pervin would look like. Marianne asked as she straightened my hair.

“Why are you so beautiful today? The master must be very anxious.”

“The first dance will be with Pervin.”

“How can we know if we are wearing masks?”

“According to the note he left last night, he called me ‘the lovely one who stole my heart’ and asked me to dance.”

As my face turned red, Marie Anne and her maids around me started screaming and running.

“Kyaa! Lovely one!”

 

“I can’t imagine those words coming out of my master’s mouth!”

 

I muttered as I put on the bracelet that Mrs. Tilly gave me. My ears were already red.

 

“… … “I can’t even imagine.”

* * *

I departed from the duke’s residence in a carriage and soon arrived at the imperial palace. People with various masks on their faces and colorful clothes fill the hall. The outfit I wore was a blue mermaid dress studded with jewels. And covering half of the face was a shiny butterfly-shaped mask studded with diamonds. It was truly amazing that no one recognized me after I changed my hair color and put on a mask. Even the gatekeeper who was checking my identity couldn’t recognize me. Today is a masquerade ball. It’s a place to hide your identity behind a mask and just enjoy yourself. Couples who wanted to hide their identities, even from each other’s husbands and wives, came separately. Marchioness Celestine said she wanted to surprise her husband and that she was coming separately. It was a really fun idea, but in fact I was forced to enter separately. This is because of Pervin, who almost lives in the imperial palace and prepares for events. She always slept at home, but only for a few hours. He stayed up all night at the imperial palace today, the day of the masquerade ball. When I went inside, many people were wearing masks and keeping their distance. It seemed like they didn’t want their identities revealed to each other. I looked around and looked for Fervin. At that time, a woman wearing a lively orange dress and a rabbit mask spoke to me.

“Ma’am!”

It was the lively voice of Marchioness Celestine.

“Oh my, how did you find it?”

“You dressed just as I expected. Oh my, you look so good with platinum blonde hair too. This looks like my original hair.”

As the band played a cheerful song, men and women began to pair up. There were many nobles around us. A man wearing a black mask held out his hand to me.

“Madam, won’t you do me the honor of allowing me to dance?”

“I’m sorry, I don’t really feel like it right now.”

I tried my best to raise my voice. The man was taken aback by my crackling voice and hurried away. Marquis Celestine next to her giggled.

“You don’t have to change your voice, ma’am.”

“I also want to hide my identity. It’s fun.”

“My husband can tell who it is right away because his hair is so curly. Can you see it?”

Marchioness Celestine pointed to a place. A curly-haired man wearing a gray uniform and a black mask was talking to a stocky man. His extremely curly hair proved that he was the Marquis of Celestine.

“But who is the man next to my husband? Where is the Duke of Carlisle?”

“I don’t know.”

“I would like to ask your wife to dance.”

Before I had time to give her a proper answer, numerous men came to me asking me to dance. Even though I modulated my voice, they kept coming.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m having a hard time dancing right now. No, don’t grab the hem of your skirt… I’m not going to dance!”

A lot of men flock to me. Many tall, short, strong-boned men with flowing hair came up to me and asked me to dance, but I turned them all down. The tall, red-haired man who came last turned red to his fingertips and refused to dance with me. He wiped his moist eyes behind the mask and pressed his trembling lips to the back of my hand. He didn’t even bother to hide his voice, so I immediately recognized him as Lord Dobre. He sighed and blinked his eyes.

“If I dance just once with a beautiful wife, it seems like all my problems in life will be resolved. Can you please consider saving someone’s life again?”

“I’m sorry, I have a prior contract.”

“Promises are meant to be broken, ma’am. It was my wish to dance at this ball with my wife, so would you mind granting it?”

Sir Dobre’s provocative words were somehow cute, so I smiled. Marchioness Celestine, who was next to me, joined in giggling.

“If this man is confident that he can beat this gentleman, he may dance with this man, Sir Dobre.”

“No, I am not Dobre. No, more than that… You have a prior contract?”

Lord Dobre looked at me in confusion.

“No way, then I have a prior agreement with His Royal Highness the Duke of Carlisle…”

I nodded calmly.

“You know my husband’s personality, Lord Dobre. I also want to dance with you, but I have a promise with my husband.”

“I’m sorry, ma’am. I was so dazzled by your wife’s beauty that I was rude to her. Then…”

As soon as Sir Dobre heard Pervin’s name, he wiped away his tears and left. It sure looked amazing, Pervin’s obsession.

“I should have danced with Sir Dobre earlier. The way her lips and hands were trembling made it seem like she truly liked her.”

“Who is it that threatened that if he was confident that he could beat the man he had promised to fight with, he could dance?”

I shared a playful smile with Marchioness Celestine. she said, shrugging her shoulders.

“That’s true.”

“I just kept my promise. Pervin must be somewhere here watching me, and she can’t have the audacity to start her first dance with Sir Dovre.”

The music soon changed to a cheerful waltz. It was an atmosphere that made my body shake. At that time, someone asked me to dance.

“You lovely girl who stole my heart, will you give me the honor of dancing?”

Just as he was about to refuse, his green eyes hidden behind the mask sparkled. He was casually holding my hand and kissing the back of my hand.

 

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