Ch 16
“Well.”
“Why did you do that?”
“I’m joking. Do you really think I did that, Young Lady?”
Wasn’t it?
Am I suspecting the wrong person?
But, I don’t think there was a wound on his neck on the first day.
Aria was confused.
“It was Aria who kidnapped me, so why would I do that?”
Startled by his gentle caressing fingers, she trembled slightly. Then, as if amused, he tickled her cheek and touched her hair.
“I know this sounds shameless.”
“…….”
“I really don’t remember the day I kidnapped Killian. So, I don’t know what happened or why this is happening.”
Even as Aria said that, she trembled in fear of Killian.
“Just because you don’t remember doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.”
“That’s right. I’m sorry.”
She felt a little wronged, but objectively, she shouldn’t be in this situation. It would be truly infuriating for him to hear her say she was wronged.
“Are you sorry to me?”
“Yes.”
“Then let me sleep next to you.”
“Ah, that’s…….”
Why? Is there a reason to want to sleep in the same bed as a kidnapper? She stared at him, unable to understand, and he smiled faintly.
“Do you know? Even if Aria is my kidnapper, you’re the only one I can rely on.”
Ah, so that’s why he’s being so nice to me?
“Killian.”
“Yes.”
“Why aren’t you trying to escape?”
That was very strange. Usually, when you’re kidnapped, the first thing you think about is escaping, right?
Why is he listening so obediently? He even hid quietly in the bathroom when the Crown Prince came. Why?
She couldn’t understand why he was listening to her so well.
“Are you going to kill me?”
In the original story, Killian was an ambitious mastermind who killed the Crown Prince and tried to take back Melina. Is it really because he lost his memory?
No, did he really lose his memory?
She couldn’t suppress the continuous questions that kept popping up.
“Me, kill Aria?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Then why aren’t you trying to escape?”
Then, his cold fingers grabbed and stretched Aria’s lips as if annoyed, so she couldn’t open her mouth.
“Mmmphhnnnzzzz?”
“You look like a duck like this.”
He, who was holding her lips with his thumb and forefinger, released her lips. And he tickled her with his fingertips, and for some reason, she couldn’t shake him off.
“It’s because Aria is too careless. It seemed like I could escape anytime.”
“Ah…….”
“And, as Aria said, it seems like it could be dangerous if I go back like this.”
While she was talking to him, Aria felt cold, perhaps because she had been exposed to the cold night air for too long. Perhaps that’s why the feeling of almost falling from the railing just now felt even more vivid.
Her body was trembling uncontrollably, and when she closed her eyes tightly, her heart was gradually calming down from the gentle touch of his hand stroking her forehead.
“I won’t do anything. I’ll help you sleep next to me.”
I am the kidnapper. He is the victim.
He is clearly the victim, so I shouldn’t refuse the kindness he’s showing me.
And this person is clearly acting like this because he has no one else to rely on right now.
Aria thought so and mustered the courage to open her mouth.
“Come here.”
She moved to the pillow next to her and tapped the spot where she had just been lying. Even though she had only moved right next to him, the unheated bed was cold. The chill from the sheets and blankets seemed to make her feel even colder.
“Young Lady Aria is very warm.”
“Killian is cold.”
She watched him get into bed and pull up the blanket. He turned to face Aria, and his eyes had changed to a cold look again.
“Why are you doing that?”
He smiled when he made eye contact with Aria. Her fear was growing because his smile didn’t seem real. But, with her sleepwalking, it was dangerous to sleep alone.
Which should she fear more, her sleepwalking or Killian?
Is it also a coincidence that her gloomy mood is getting better because she is touching him?
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Killian smiled at Aria’s peaceful face as she slept soundly. He wondered if she could really fall asleep like this, so he waved his hand over her face, but her sleeping eyes remained closed.
Her face, with her eyes closed and breathing softly, was beautiful like an angel. Her bright red hair and eyelashes, and her sapphire-like eyes that would be revealed when she opened them.
There wasn’t a single thing that he didn’t like about her.
“Careless Young Lady.”
He climbed over Aria’s body and trapped her in his outstretched arms. He was closer than before, and he moved even closer to her face without hesitation.
“Young Lady Aria.”
He felt the urge to taste her lips as he heard her soft breathing. He touched her lips lightly with his finger. He felt like he was falling into the surprisingly soft texture.
“Ugh…….”
“Ugh, Young Lady.”
As she sucked on his finger, putting it into her mouth, Killian was staring at it, forgetting that he should take it out. His heart seemed to drop as he saw only half of his finger, which was pushed into her red and wet lips.
“Young Lady Aria.”
He didn’t want to take his finger out as she didn’t wake up even when he called her name.
“Aria.”
As he touched her, the black spot on his wrist gradually turned bright and pulsed as if resonating. He felt his power growing stronger the more he touched her.
So, he put not only his sucked index finger but also his middle finger in and grabbed her mischievous tongue that was sucking on his fingers. Then, she smacked her lips as if she were sucking on candy. He was becoming increasingly unable to bear it.
“Aria Dolorein.”
When he pulled out her tongue from between her luscious lips, he saw his finger glistening with saliva. Killian chuckled and released it.
“My Aria. My Young Lady.”
And with a hand that wasn’t touching her lips, he lifted her arm and placed it over his. When the patterns touched, a bright light appeared, and a strange bead-like shape appeared. He put the pattern back into Aria’s arm and looked down at her.
“You endure so well, Young Lady.”
Then, with a satisfied look on his face, he smiled and decided that he would have to continue this life a little longer, then put his ear to her chest and listened to her heartbeat.
Thump-thump. He liked the faint but pleasant heartbeat, and he was smiling without realizing it.
Killian had not been kidnapped. Moreover, he had recovered his memory. That’s why it was just amusing to see Aria Dolorein flustered and not knowing what to do because of him.
Because Aria Dolorein, who was next to him now, was acting like a completely different person from the rumors.
He just needed a place to hide to avoid the disgusting snake, Melina Le Hrehner, after submitting the annulment papers. So, he was lucky enough to witness Aria trying to kidnap Lionell, and he bribed someone to come instead.
However, he really didn’t have any memories when he was first hit on the head. But that also came back to him when she mentioned his former fiancée.
That hateful.
The snake that he wanted to kill right away but couldn’t.
Melina Le Hrehner.
Killian had to infiltrate the Dolorein Estate anyway. So, he thought it was fortunate that he had come in instead of Lionell and that he had come here as a guest of Aria, the real power of this mansion.
‘I will definitely send Killian back!’
Her voice and expression seemed sincere.
He somehow thought she was funny, even though he had come in for work. It was also the first time that he didn’t feel uncomfortable being touched by someone.
Moreover, he thought it was not a coincidence that the family’s orb had been divided and entered her. It looked as if it had been absorbed on its own, as if it were looking for its owner.
“Aria.”
He smiled again, looked at her, and then sucked on her lips.
The two broken orbs were originally one orb. So they wanted each other to reunite.
He didn’t know if it was because she had strong self-control, or if she didn’t know well, or if she had really become numb from sleeping with so many men as the rumors said.
It was obvious that the side effects of the broken orb would manifest as physical desires.
She didn’t even try to seduce him, even though the orb was manipulating her because it wanted to be reunited.
That alone was truly amazing.
He felt good because her sleeping lips were soft. This was also definitely because of the broken orb.
He was feeling the same way as Aria. He felt good just by touching her, and he wanted to be touching her more. And he felt like he would die if he was separated from her for more than a certain amount.
In fact, if you hold a broken orb in your body and stay away from the other orb for too long, you die.
He knew that he couldn’t collect it right away. The orb needed power to be reunited. And that power seemed to be gradually accumulating when the two touched.
The only good thing was that he was enjoying this life more than he had expected. It was fun to see Aria flustered and subtly resisting him.
It didn’t seem like a bad idea to watch her a little longer.
He decided to leave the orb, which he had tried to take out by force, for a little longer for her and for him.
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―Knock knock! Knock knock knock! Knock knock knock knock knock knock!
“Ah, stop!”
“Hurry! His Highness is here!”
Aria was tired of having to get ready from the morning. The reason was that the Crown Prince had come and waited from the early morning, as if he really had nothing to do. He was definitely crazy.
A maid who was attending to her instead of Bell woke her up like crazy, so Aria had no choice but to wake up early. After confirming that Aria was awake, she tried to take her to the bathroom. Aria hurriedly stood in front of the maid.
“Why won’t you let me go into the bathroom? I need to clean it.”
The maid must be Bell’s friend. She doesn’t come near when I tell her not to, but every time I run into her, she bombards me with nagging.
“If I tell you not to, don’t.”
“Yes, Young Lady.”
Killian must be sleeping in the bathroom. He must not have been able to sleep all night because of me.
Surprisingly, Aria felt refreshed all over her body thanks to sleeping with him. It was like sleeping with a bamboo wife.
Besides, it was comfortable. He’s a mastermind who has no interest in her, so nothing will happen between them. He’s a crazy person only for Melina.
“I’ll do a half-up hairstyle for you.”
“You don’t have to make me pretty. I’m going to meet His Highness anyway.”
“You have to be pretty because you’re going to meet His Highness!”
Could she really be Bell’s friend? How can her words and actions be so similar?
At the maid’s urging, she sat in front of the dressing table to get dressed and do her hair.
The Dolorein Duke said he supported Aria’s wishes, but when the Crown Prince came, he was delighted and was chatting downstairs.
It might be a welcome thing for the Dolorein Duke. His precious only daughter’s one-sided love, who she had been in love with her whole life, was finally approaching her first.
But he doesn’t know that this is only true until Lionell sees Melina.
Thinking that way, she felt sorry.
For me and the Dolorein Duke.
Let’s not do the futile act of setting our hearts on something that will leave anyway.
“It’s all done, Young Lady.”
“Wow…….”
Even though she had only tied her hair cutely in a half-up style and put on a hair ornament, Young Lady Aria’s face was fantastically beautiful. The sapphires and earrings embedded in the hair ornament were a pair, and the combination with her clear eyes was art.
“Wow……. so pretty.”
“Of course! Our Young Lady is the most beautiful in the Empire!”
What Bell Rosia said was definitely not an empty compliment. Her appearance in the mirror was so beautiful and beautiful that she was so pretty that no amount of praise was enough.
“Shall we go downstairs now?”
“Yeah.”
When they arrived at the reception room, Lionell approached them with something in his hands.
“Take it.”
It was a flower. The red roses were so big and extravagant that they didn’t even fit in his arms.
It looked like the flower bouquet was decorated with jewels, and she was worried about whether the Imperial Family could be this extravagant even though they were rich.
“What is this?”
“What else would it be? I have to do this much when I come with a proposal letter.”
“What did you say?”
She looked around for the Dolorein Duke, who was supposed to be nearby, but he was nowhere to be seen. Could it be that he knew this would happen and left in advance?
If the Crown Prince told the Duke that he had kissed her, he would think that her words about giving up on Lionell were not sincere.
“I said I came with a proposal letter.”
“I haven’t even said what I did wrong yet, so why are you proposing to me out of the blue?”
“You can hear that later. This is more urgent.”
“Why?”
Aria received the bouquet in a daze and was buried in the strong scent of roses. Surprisingly, she didn’t dislike it because the scent was good.
“Do you have to ask?”
“Yes.”
“If you kissed, you have to take responsibility for each other.”
“What did you say? Your Highness, were you such a narrow-minded person? A kiss is nothing!”
Surely, Melina and Lionell were supposed to kiss and get married much later?
Why is the original story twisted from the beginning, and is the Crown Prince doing this to me just because of a kiss?
“Why is it nothing? It was the first time for both you and me.”
It was also the first time for Young Lady Aria. How touching, her first kiss with the person who will cut her throat is a brutal, terrible, and heartbreaking triple play!
Aria let out a silent scream.
“Let’s pretend it didn’t happen! You said I tried to kidnap Your Highness.”
“I will forgive that.”
“Don’t forgive me, punish me. I don’t think an engagement is a good idea.”
Aria felt like she was breaking out in a cold sweat. It was like having her nose cut off while her eyes were open, and now she felt like her ears would be cut off again.
“It’s already too late. The Duke has agreed to accept the proposal letter I gave him.”
Oh, my god.