IFHWPUML Chapter 089

Meanwhile, Raphel was pouting and holding back tears.

“I’m sorry, young master, but not today. Next time, okay?”

Tia tried hard to console Raphel.

She had rushed to his room upon the sudden summons from the head maid while attending to Lizelle.

As she entered the room, she found Raphel crying and rolling on the floor.

With everyone else unable to stop him and growing anxious, Tia had no choice but to step in.

“I’m going to Lizelle! I’m going!”

Though he calmed down a bit on her arrival, Raphel was still sulking.

“You’ve been sleeping just fine without madam Wilhazelle, haven’t you, young master.”

Tia was in a difficult position. The young master was throwing a tantrum, insisting on sleeping with the new bride.

Today was none other than the first day of their honeymoon.

It was impossible to let the young master in on their first night together.

“Let me go! Let me go!”

“Not this time, young master. Please, just this once, yield.”

Left with no choice, Tia spoke firmly.

“Ugh…”

At Tia’s stern attitude that he’d never seen before, Raphel’s eyes welled up with tears.

It wasn’t fair. After finally having Lizelle home again, he couldn’t even sleep with her.

He’d been so good, waiting patiently all this time…

He didn’t even throw a tantrum to his uncle because he believed they would be together soon…

The chin beneath Raphel’s tightly pursed lips trembled.

His cheeks were puffed out with sorrow.

“How about this? I’ll stay with you instead tonight.”

“Hmph.”

Raphel turned his head away, protesting.

Judging from the fact that he had his short arms crossed, he seemed to be very angry.

Tia had no choice but to use her secret weapon.

“Shall I fetch you your favorite jelly?”

“…Jelly?”

Raphel’s head turned slowly toward her, the mention of jelly catching his interest.

“Yes, I’ll prepare bear-shaped jelly just for you.”

Tia smiled and locked eyes with Raphel.

His eyes wavered at the rather tempting offer.

It wasn’t surprising considering he’d been banned from eating snacks ever since complaining of a tooth ache.

Since it’s impossible to completely prevent him from eating, the number of snacks he was allowed to have was greatly reduced.

The candies, jellies, and chocolates he loved so much were too sweet for him to eat as often as he used to.

Especially after brushing his teeth.

But a jelly bear at this hour? That was an appealing suggestion.

“Shall I bring you some jelly?”

Tia asked again, observing Raphel’s expression.

Raphel hesitated for a long time, his fingers fidgeting.

He wanted to eat jelly bears, but he wanted to be with Lizelle even more.

But Raphel eventually nodded.

“Okay…”

Only because Tia was the one asking him to do this.

Tia spent the most time with him since Lizelle left the estate.

His uncle also made time to spend together, but was always busy, so he spent most of his time with Tia.

“Alright, wait just a bit! I’ll bring it right away!”

Relieved, Tia beamed and left the room.

Left alone, Raphel sat on the bed, waiting for Tia to return.

As soon as she was out of sight, the cat that was observing everything jumped off the bed.

“Kitty?”

The cat walked elegantly towards the door and turned its head to look at Raphel.

It was as if he was telling Raphel to watch closely.

“Kitty!”

The cat jumped up and hung on the doorknob.

With its cotton-like front paws, it swung its hind legs in a very familiar motion.

Then, a few seconds later, the doorknob went down and the door slid open.

“Meow.”

The cat leisurely got down from the doorknob and sat in front of the open door.

“Kitty, where are you going?”

Raphel jumped down from the bed and headed for the door, worried that the cat might run away.

The cat waited for Raphel to approach him, and as the distance grew closer, he lifted his butt off the ground and moved his four paws.

“Kitty, you can’t go out!”

Raphel quickly reached for the cat.

But the nimble cat easily avoided Raphel’s grasp and strutted down the hallway.

Light footsteps moved forward, with a purpose.

The cat had only one destination.

The bedroom.

He couldn’t let that damn Duke be happy.

“Kitty!”

Raphel ran down the hallway to catch the cat.

It was the beginning of an unintentional game of tag.

 

* * *

 

Droplets of water fell from Chase’s wet hair, trickled down to his chin and dripped down through the gap in his open robe.

Lizelle was in a daze as she traced a drop of water that had fallen. When she saw a round drop running down the cracks in his muscles, she was startled out of her trance and raised his head.

She was in a dilemma.

When she looked up, she saw Chase’s face, and when she looked down, she saw his bare body.

His lips were coming closer and closer without hesitation.

Lizelle held her breath, tense.

Before she knew it, the distance between them narrowed to the point where they could feel each other’s breath.

Their gazes intertwined, eyes betraying their emotions.

The atmosphere surrounding them became charged.

“…”

Chase became greedy, he wanted more.

Although he acted impulsively after hearing Rohan’s advice, now that he was this close to Lizelle, he wanted nothing more than to claim her lips.

Maybe this is his chance. A chance to show her how he really feels.

But he couldn’t bring himself to follow through when he saw her eyes wide open like a startled rabbit.

Her pupils were shaking violently, like an earthquake.

Chase stopped moving just before his lips met Lizelle’s.

Although it was extremely difficult, he used self-control to suppress his craving.

Not yet.

Not until she truly wanted him. Only then.

He slowly pulled away from Lizelle, face full of regret.

“Hah…”

Lizelle let out a breath she’d been holding as she saw Chase moving away.

Her heart was racing.

Her face felt like it was burning, as if all her blood had rushed to her face in this atmosphere where it seemed as if something was about to happen.

“You’re like a cherry blossom.”

Chase spoke softly, looking at her flushed cheeks.

Under the moonlight, her cheeks were pink like cherry blossoms.

He gazed at Lizelle’s face intently before reaching out his hand.

His fingers trailed through her long hair, carefully brushing the hair from her cheek.

Lizelle flinched.

She was more sensitive than usual.

It felt like every nerve in her body was focused on the cheek his hand touched.

Her heart was pounding nonstop.

She was scared he would be able to hear her heart beating in the quiet room.

“…Are you going to start speaking informally now?”

Lizelle deliberately blurted out something completely random, masking the sound of her pounding heart.

“Do you dislike it?”

“No… That’s up to you, Your Grace. I was just surprised when you suddenly started speaking like that.”

Surprised? Had Rohan’s advice backfired again?

Chase decided to be honest with her, fearing she might misunderstand him as looking down on her.

“If you don’t like it, I’ll stop.”

“No, you don’t have to. I was just curious as to why you suddenly started.”

“I heard you have to speak informally at night.”

“At night? Why?”

“A man must win at night.”

“Why does a man… at night?”

Lizelle, thinking about his words, stopped talking in surprise.

Does this guy even know what he’s implying?

Lizelle’s face turned hot.

“Do you know what that means?”

Chase still couldn’t figure out what it meant to ‘win at night’.

But, judging by the look on her face, she seemed to know.

“No! No idea at all!”

Lizelle strongly denied it.

There was no way she could say out loud that a man had to satisfy his woman at night. That he had to satisfy her at night.

“You don’t know either?”

As Chase was seriously thinking about snatching the book from Rohan and checking its contents, the closed door swung open.

“What is it?”

He raised his body with a murderous voice. Nothing was visible through the open door.

Thinking it might be an attack, Chase immediately hid Lizelle behind his back.

“Kitty! Huh? Uncle? Lizelle!”

The voice that was soon heard was far from threatening.

Raphel cried out with a happy face as the cat entered the room.

“Raphel?”

“Lizelle!”

Raphel ran over happily and jumped onto the bed.

Lizelle hugged Raphel, who jumped into her arms, with a dumbfounded expression.

“Meow.”

Then, the cat that walked in like he owned the place jumped onto the bed.

The bed that had only two people on it a moment ago became crowded in an instant.

The cat sat proudly on the bed and calmly licked its front paw.

His narrowed eyes looked at Chase as if they were ridiculing him.

“Hah…”

Chase sighed in exasperation.

He immediately noticed that this cheeky cat brought Raphel to the room on purpose.

“Are we sleeping together today?”

Raphel’s eyes sparkled as he nestled himself tightly into Lizelle’s arms.

Since his uncle and Lizelle were together like this, it was clear he wanted to sleep together with them.

“Huh?”

“It’s been way more than two nights since Lizelle said so!”

“…”

At Raphel’s cheerful words, Lizelle couldn’t help but nod.

Raphel remembered the promise they made the day before she left the mansion.

The promise that the three of them would sleep together two nights later.

“Alright! We’ll sleep together with Raphel.”

She stroked Raphel’s cheek while sneaking a glance at Chase.

Reading the look in Lizelle’s eyes, Chase reluctantly nodded.

At this point, there was no way to turn Raphel away.

“Meow.”

Satisfied with the outcome, the cat purred loudly and sprawled on the bed, lying still like a stone statue.

Thus, the couple’s first night together turned unexpectedly lively.