“You have my child, and you want to keep it as your mistress? You give it to me.”
This was what her husband said to Beloni after he was caught having an affair.
She had barely managed to save her family from ruin, but in the end, all she got in return was betrayal.
And that betrayal ended her life.
“If I get the chance… I’ll beat my husband first.”
Perhaps because of that thought, she returned to the wedding hall when she came to her senses.
Beloni swung her fist at her husband without hesitation
and went to see Grand Duke Shanur Reinhardt, known as the cursed beast.
“I know a way to lift the curse. I need your help for that.”
“What kind of help do you need?”
“Chastity.”
Shanur blinked quietly at those words.
A short silence flowed, and then Beloni exclaimed, “Ah!” as if she had realized something.
“Don’t worry. It’s not my chastity, it’s your chastity.”
* * *
It was just a contractual relationship that started like that.
“There was a reason I tried to hold your hand before.”
Shanur, who had finished speaking, grabbed Beloni’s hand and pressed it to her lips.
The soft, small hand that touched the tip of her lips twitched.
“This kind of physical contact makes the pain go away.”
He noticed that Beloni had stopped breathing and slowly rubbed her cheek.
“That’s why I want to continue contact with you until the curse is lifted.”
“… … .”
“Permission, will you?”
Beloni thought as she looked at the golden eyes that met her gaze.
It seemed like she had made an irreversible contract.
