Ch 14
“There are two things you did wrong to me.”
“Two things?”
Lionell pressed down hard on Aria’s nose, making it scrunch up like it was caught in a clothespin. It was strange that she kept making nasal sounds, but pressing on her nose would be the best way to stop the bleeding.
“If you press too hard, it hurts like my ears are blocked.”
“It won’t stop if I don’t press hard.”
“I’m asking you to press it moderately…”
He sighed and looked at her, making eye contact. His ruby-like, dazzling eyes and the delicate hair that looked like it was spun from silver thread were shining even in the night.
“You weren’t even drunk back then, so why can’t you remember?”
“I hit my head hard when I came back, so I don’t remember well. And I think I forgot something again because I bumped my head again just now because of Your Highness.”
She bumped her head with Killian, so it wasn’t a lie. Seeing that she had a nosebleed back then too, it seemed that Aria Princess’s body had very weak nasal blood vessels.
Otherwise, there was no way she would have a nosebleed once a day. Come to think of it, they said it was dangerous to have a nosebleed after hitting your head…?
“I’ll only tell you one of them. You figure out the other one. No, there’s nothing to figure out.”
Lionell swallowed hard, making his luscious Adam’s apple bob. The Adam’s apple on his thick neck was seductive. She was absentmindedly looking at his neck when Lionell glared at her as if he was going to devour her, so she turned her gaze to his eyes.
Strangely, his eyes were red, and he seemed to be in pain as if he was forcing himself to say something embarrassing.
“You are…”
“Achoo!”
Was it because of the nosebleed? Something tickled the inside of her nose, and she ended up sneezing right in Lionell’s face.
Aria was so surprised that she froze in place. Lionell took his hand off her nose and wiped his face.
She felt like she was going to die of embarrassment.
“I’m sorry!”
“Ha…”
Lionell regained his composure and hardened his face. He flipped the handkerchief over and wiped her face again, and the bleeding stopped quickly.
“Come here.”
He grabbed Aria’s wrist delicately and led her to the sofa.
“Is it okay if I sit here?”
“Yeah.”
So she sat down as he told her. Then, instead of sitting next to her, he stood in front of Aria. One knee was up on the leather of the sofa next to Aria.
Aria pulled her body back because it felt like he was going to touch her, but Lionell’s large hand that touched her shoulder stopped her. So, as she looked at it, he came closer until they were nose-to-nose.
She wondered why he was doing this again, just like before, so she looked at him, and he was more persistently tracking Aria with his eyes.
“Still can’t remember?”
“No…”
He furrowed his brow sharply. Then, Lionell’s hands went up to Aria’s shoulders. Then, he stroked her cheeks, tickled her baby hairs with his fingers, and then stimulated her earlobes, and her body shrank at the dull yet strange sound.
“Even like this?”
“Ugh… No.”
Lionell’s face looked even more upset than before, so she didn’t know what to say and just stared blankly at him, and his expression softened.
“Did you hurt your head badly?”
“Yes. It hurt a lot, but I’m okay now.”
He reached out and touched the top of her head, which made the bump hurt terribly.
“You have a bump here.”
“If you know I have a bump, don’t touch it. It hurts.”
Then he smiled threateningly with a playful, twisted smile. To Aria, both Lionell and Killian were scary and beautiful when they smiled, but also chillingly frightening.
“Why do you have a frightened look?”
“Me?”
“Yeah. You’ve never looked at me like that before. What on earth happened?”
“No! You must be mistaken!”
Aria was becoming more and more anxious as he playfully rubbed his nose against hers. Why on earth was this man really doing this?
She was confused and scared because their noses were touching and it felt like their lips would touch too.
And there was even a faint scent of blood mixed in.
“You kissed me that day.”
“Yes?”
“And it was my first kiss.”
“What?!”
“But it wasn’t that bad.”
“That’s ridiculous!”
Nothing matches the original story!
Lionell’s first kiss was naturally with Melina. But she unknowingly stole a kiss! So that’s why he kept giving her these looks as if their lips were going to touch!
Aria was speechless with absurdity.
“Why is that ridiculous?”
“Uh… well, that is…!”
“You jumped at me first.”
“You’re lying, right?”
Judging by the speed at which his expression turned cold, it wasn’t a lie. Thinking about how Princess Aria loved the Crown Prince, it was a plausible story. But the Princess couldn’t express that kind of normal love?
Even though she said she loved him, she couldn’t trust him, so she kept him locked up and suspicious.
And yet she clung to him, saying she loved him.
“You said that to me. That you couldn’t live without me. That if I didn’t accept you this time, you would really give up.”
“Yes! I’ll give up.”
That was a lie in the original story too! She says she’ll give up but keeps him locked up!
“Who said you could?”
His breath touched her cheek, warming it. She felt a strange tension in her waist, so she pushed her face away and blocked his lips with her hand.
“It’s true that I was indifferent too.”
“Please continue to be indifferent!”
“No. After you said that, I realized it too. I didn’t know it because you were so close, but I like you too.”
“I’m not anymore…” Ack!”
Then Aria’s finger that was covering her mouth was bitten. She was surprised and quickly pulled her finger away, and he laughed as if it was funny.
“If you’re sulking, I’ll understand. I was a bit mean.”
“Uh… no! Please really stop! We… uh… just! Let’s just end it and live our own lives!”
You’ll end up with Melina anyway! If you just suffer from a little heartbreak, the female lead will appear!
“No. It’s already too late.”
“……Oh my god!”
“So, tell me the second thing you did wrong, quickly. I’ll forgive you if you tell me honestly.”
If the first mistake was something she couldn’t handle, the second one was definitely a huge bomb.
“I, I don’t know!”
The words she wanted to shout, asking him to forget it, were swallowed as her eyes grew hot.
“Liar.”
“I, I really don’t…”
“There’s still 5 days left, so write a letter of reflection and give it to me within that time.”
“I said I don’t know!”
“There’s no way you don’t know.”
After answering firmly, he turned around and left the room.
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The sound of water was heard again. It seemed that after the Crown Prince left, he was finishing washing up since he hadn’t been able to before. What if he catches a cold?
No, more than that, how could she do that to the Crown Prince.
It was a part that was never mentioned in the original story, so her head was complicated. Originally, Lionell was the male lead, only for Melina?
He was someone who wouldn’t be distracted by Princess Aria, so why…?
Could the original story be twisted so much just because she flew into this world?
In the first place, is it possible to try to kidnap her, then kiss her, and then kidnap Killian?
“Ugh… my head hurts.”
Aria shook her head and looked at the shelf in front of the bathroom. The Duke’s clothes that she had stolen so Killian could wear them were here.
“The shirt is really big.”
Let’s not think about it. Forget it. Nothing happened until just now!
Aria put on the big shirt over her negligee to forget the embarrassing and absurd things that had just happened. She was curious about how big it was.
It was fun to see how it looked like a stingray after she buttoned it up. But the most fun thing was her beauty. A face that was pretty from any angle. A beauty that was so beautiful that it was as if it wasn’t from this world.
She was excited about the mysterious experience of feeling good every time she looked in the mirror, so she flapped her arms and spun around.
Rather, acting excited made her feel like she had forgotten the embarrassing things from before.
“Princess.”
“Ah!”
This time, she felt like she was going to die of embarrassment from another incident.
Why do these embarrassing things keep piling up?
Aria quickly made the first move, pretending to be nonchalant.
“You should call me Aria too!”
He said he didn’t like being called by his title, but it was strange that he was calling her by her title.
Then he smiled. A handsome man with wet black hair was smiling seductively as he approached her. As he approached, dripping water, Aria realized that she didn’t have a towel.
“There wasn’t a towel inside…”
“Yes.”
He was wearing the black pants that she had seen earlier, so he must have put on the pants he had been wearing again. She found a towel and gave it to him, and their eyes met.
“You seem weak, maybe because you’re hurt.”
“Uh… then how should I help you?”
Then Killian smiled with a kind smile. When he smiled like that after his usual cold expression, Aria felt like her heart was dropping.
Because it was scary.
“Would you mind wiping the water off?”
“Yes!”
She slowly wiped his face with the towel. His warm breath tickled her arm, but she ignored it and wiped his neck and chest. Then, she placed it on his hair and pressed down. It was strange that he was just quietly receiving her touch like the puppy she used to raise.
However, unlike the puppy that stayed still even when her pinky finger brushed against it, Killian flinched a little when her finger brushed against his collarbone.
What was even stranger was that she unknowingly felt good and her body trembled at the sensation that was transmitted through her pinky finger.
It was clear that her body was no longer reacting normally because she was so scared.
“I’ve wiped it all off.”
“Then give me the clothes.”
“Ah, yes.”
When she lowered the towel, he reached out to the shirt she was wearing. So, the embarrassing things from before came back to her mind, and she intentionally stared blankly at him. Then, his hand began to unbutton the buttons one by one.
He unbuttoned the top button of the shirt that Aria was wearing and then looked at her after closing his thick eyelashes, and she pretended not to notice because it was a look as if he was asking for permission.
Suddenly, Aria looked at his hand. She saw that a pattern identical to the pattern on her wrist was clearly imprinted on his hand. What on earth was going on?
What could it mean? Is it that I’m connected to him? She shook her head.
He’s already with someone, so let’s not think too deeply about it.
Even though he’s with someone he won’t end up with.
“By the way, you said you remembered something about your mother earlier?”
“Yes.”
“Did your memories come back?”
“No. I only remembered that part. I think my memories will gradually come back if I do what I used to do.”
“Ah, I see.”
The buttons were being unbuttoned slowly one by one. It was soon passing her upper chest and going down to her belly button. Even though his hand didn’t touch her at all, it felt ticklish as if his hand was touching her.
“It seems like you have a nice scent, Aria Princess.”
“I just had a nosebleed.”
“Pfft…”
He lowered his head while holding the last button. Then, he was trembling and trying to hold back his laughter, but she couldn’t figure out what was so funny.
“Don’t you know that’s not what I meant?”
“Uh, then what did you mean?”
After unbuttoning all the buttons, he took off the shirt. Maybe it was because a layer was taken off, but she felt a cool air touching her skin.