I Accidentally Kidnapped The Ultimate Villain – Chapter 15

Ch 15

“You got wet.”

Killian was standing right in front of Aria, so she had to look up at him.

Water droplets from his wet hair touched her face. He wiped away the water that had fallen on Aria’s cheek with his fingertips and came closer, and she stared as if she were bewitched. It was hard to take her eyes off his face, which was even more exquisitely beautiful up close.

His mysterious violet eyes shone even more vividly purple when viewed up close than from afar. It was creating an illusion that they smelled like lavender.

“Princess Aria, your eyes are very pretty.”

She was amazed that he had the same thought as her.

“Killian-nim’s eyes are prettier. Maybe it’s because it’s my first time seeing purple eyes.”

“Does Princess Aria prefer red eyes?”

“Huh? Ah, do you remember what His Highness the Crown Prince looks like?”

“Yes, only that part.”

“Ah…….”

“Earlier, you seemed to have an unusual relationship with the person you were talking to.”

There was no way he wouldn’t have heard it in the bathroom.

Thinking that, she felt ashamed again. Because the Crown Prince came and talked about the kiss they shared in the past.

What would Killian think of Princess Aria’s image?

Kidnapping him, bringing a strange man into her room, hitting him on the head, making his nose bleed. And every time they touched, he seemed to tremble as if in ecstasy.

“We’re just sorting things out.”

It wouldn’t be a good image. Who would think well of a kidnapper?

What was strange was that he hadn’t tried to escape even once. Perhaps, he might be waiting a little longer to run away.

“Have you ever been lovers?”

“Never. It was a one-sided love. I did like him, very much.”

“How much?”

“Uh, well, like as much as the sky and the earth?”

Since there was nothing to compare it to, she mumbled vaguely, and he glared coldly. However, when their eyes met, he quickly erased it and smiled.

Even if he lost his memories, it seemed like the mastermind was still the mastermind.

“You said you like kind people, right?”

“Yes.”

“Am I not quite kind?”

“Huh?”

He hadn’t fully buttoned his shirt, so his physique was clearly visible. His chest and neck, damp with water, were beautiful, but the scar on his neck still looked painful, which was a big problem.

“Even though Princess Aria kidnapped me, you said you would forgive me if I regained my memories.”

“Ah.”

“And even though you hit my face and made my nose bleed, I didn’t get angry.”

“Ahhhhh…….”

“And I’m following you well without any complaints about you trying so hard to hide me.”

“Ah… Ah… That’s right.”

Aria couldn’t figure out why they were having this conversation all of a sudden. So, she scratched the back of her neck and smiled bashfully, and he smiled with his long eyes. His long eyes without double eyelids were truly captivating.

“Besides being kind, what other qualities are important to you?”

“I don’t know.”

“Do you have a preference for white hair?”

“His Highness the Crown Prince’s hair is closer to silver than white. It also has a gray tint.”

“…….”

His smile, which had been faintly present until just now, disappeared and then quickly returned. So, feeling scared, she hurriedly added.

“But it’s too flashy, so I don’t like it very much. He’s also more narrow-minded than I thought.”

“If His Highness proposes, will you marry him?”

“No? I’m going to live alone for as long as possible?”

This time, his expression definitely changed. He wasn’t even trying to smile, and he was glaring with a frown, which felt very threatening, and she felt breathless.

“Why?”

“It hasn’t been long since I was dumped!”

This man. Really, every time he sets this kind of mood, it makes her heart sink.

If Lionell was aiming for her neck, Killian felt like he would burn him alive, which was scary.

She had to worry about whether every single little action was related to her life.

“When will the wounds of heartbreak heal?”

“I don’t know. It was a long one-sided love, so wouldn’t it take just as long?”

It was a torment for her to look at his eyes, so she spoke while looking at her toes, and she heard Killian sigh. I wonder, was that a sneer?

She knew that he, who was sneering at her, would be dumped by Melina and cry, so that sneer wasn’t so unpleasant.

Actually, she was so scared that she didn’t have time to feel good or bad. That was the truth.

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Aria was having a strange dream.

Now that she had really adapted to being Princess Aria Dolorein, she was her in her dreams as well. And it was when she was very young.

‘Mom!’

Her hands and feet were really small, and she was running while desperately pulling up her flowing skirt. She couldn’t see properly because her vision was blurry and then clear, as if she had been crying.

‘Mom, don’t go! Mom!’

No matter how much she ran, the distance didn’t close. She was breathless, but she couldn’t pick up speed.

‘Mom! I was wrong! Mom! Mom!’

It hurt as if her heart was collapsing as she left without looking back. The bag she was holding in one hand was huge, but she was walking away as if it was nothing.

“……ya!”

An unfamiliar low voice was heard.

“……Aria…… ya!”

Perhaps because a high-pitched sound was ringing in her ears, she couldn’t hear the voice well.

When she tried hard to open her stinging eyes, her vision was blurry as it had been in her dream. So, after blinking a few times, and as her vision gradually brightened, she could tell where she was now.

“Kya!”

“Princess Aria!”

Thanks to the person who was pulling her hand from behind, she was able to avoid falling.

“Uh, why, why…… What, what is this?”

She was sure she had fallen asleep on the sofa, but she was standing on the railing of the terrace. Surprised by the suddenness, her legs were trembling, and her stomach churned because the ground below felt so close, as if she was about to fall.

“Come here, Princess Aria!”

Aria was able to come to her senses at his urgent call. When she slowly turned her body in the direction he was leading, he snatched her away.

Because of that, he couldn’t handle Aria’s weight and fell to the floor with a thud.

“Aria.”

Aria didn’t know when she had started crying. Perhaps it was because she had been crying, but her face felt even more stinging because of the wind. As if it was about to freeze.

She was gradually finding stability in the hand that was patting her back. Her breathing was so rough that it felt like someone else’s.

“I, why…….”

“Aria, are you alright?”

“No. Why, why was I, was I about to fall?”

Her fear was gradually melting away at his gentle touch that was patting her back.

As the cold wind brushed past her cheeks, it felt like her heart was beating even louder. It felt like Killian’s chest, which she was hugging, was also thumping, and it seemed like it was because of her.

It was really strange. Her body was tense, but just by touching him, Aria’s heart was calming down a little. To the point that she could feel it herself.

“I don’t know either. I followed Princess Aria when she went to the terrace, and then she climbed onto the railing.”

Suddenly, she remembered when she had dinner with Duke Dolorein.

‘Did you sleep without incident yesterday?’

And on her first day here, she had fallen asleep with her arms and legs bound by restraints on the bed.

“Is this perhaps sleepwalking?”

“I don’t know. But it seems similar.”

The deep marks of the restraints on her ankles felt as if they were stinging. Even though her inner self had changed, was this happening because of the memories left in her body?

So that was why the servants had such a reluctant reaction when she told them not to come near her!

Only then did it feel like everything was falling into place.

“It seems we can’t sleep separately after all.”

Killian said that and took her hand and led her to the bed. Aria was not thinking clearly, so she went to the bed as he told her, and only then did she come to her senses.

“I can’t share a bed with a man I’m not married to.”

“Then I’ll sleep on the sofa.”

“The kidnapper should sleep on the sofa!”

“The kidnapper almost died just now. I need to keep a close watch on him until I send him back.”

He kindly gestured for her to lie down, so Aria went up with a reluctant expression. Then he smiled again, telling her to lie down. So, she lay down, watching his expression. And then she watched his expression again, and he brought a chair to her bedside and sat down.

“Let’s do this.”

“…….”

“I’ll sleep during the day, so Aria, you sleep now. While I’m awake, I’ll help Aria sleep safely.”

“……That’s scary.”

The moment she inadvertently uttered the word scary, the feeling of being scared really started to increase.

What if she tried to jump off again like she did earlier?

She was now beginning to understand what Bell had said. There should still be restraints under the bed, should she take them out and tie him up?

No, the servants took those restraints with them when they cleaned the room last time, so they were gone now.

“You’ve been sweating a lot.”

After saying that, he carefully removed the strands of hair that were sticking to Aria’s forehead. Then he brought a cloth soaked in water. He wiped her forehead with the wet cloth and then took it away, and he looked somewhat worried.

“Are you worried about me?”

“Yes.”

“Why? I kidnapped Duke-nim, made him lose his memories, and made his nose bleed.”

“I don’t know. It’s because Princess Aria is so beautiful that it keeps making it difficult for me to think rationally.”

He was supposed to be the mastermind, he was definitely a very good liar.

It was true that Princess Aria was pretty, but considering how he would later be completely obsessed with Melina, the words he was saying to her were not very believable.

This man was crazy. Only for Melina.

“Shall I hold your hand?”

“Yes.”

Afraid of refusing, she reached out her left hand to him, and he held her hand tightly with both of his, sharing his warmth. Perhaps because of that, she was starting to feel like this fake life of another person was becoming her real life for the first time.

“What if I have another nightmare?”

Since their hands were touching, she was having the illusion that energy was being transmitted through their hands. Perhaps it was related to the pattern.

But she couldn’t ask. She didn’t know much about this, and Killian said he had no memories.

“Since I’m by your side, dream as much as you want. When you wake up, I’ll comfort you anytime.”

“What if Killian gets hurt?”

“What if I get a little hurt.”

As he said that and smiled, Aria saw the wound on his neck.

It was strange. Why was the wound on his neck still bleeding even after several days?

She had definitely checked that the bleeding had stopped and bandaged it, but the bleeding wouldn’t stop.

“Killian.”

“Yes.”

She took a breath and asked him, trying hard to calm the trembling caused by tension.

“The wound on your neck, was it Killian who made it?”

His lips curved without answering, and it was chilling yet red and luscious. He opened his mouth without hesitation and answered.