Didn't Plan to Become a Companion (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 61

“For doing something so reckless.”

“…….”

“That’s why I wanted to say I was sor—”

But the words were cut short again by the searing touch of his hand. He met her eyes and smiled calmly. No—despite the natural curve of his lips, his pitch-black eyes held no trace of amusement.

In that instant, she realized: no further words were needed.

[This is the timeline separator]

Lienne’s trembling voice was barely audible. Yet even as she boldly stole another kiss—how many times had it been already?—she remained utterly herself.

Had she stolen his lips on that forgotten day too, the one he couldn’t recall? Was that why everything had unraveled so completely?

Had the Saintess managed in this simple way what she couldn’t achieve by weeping, fasting, and clinging in the Grand Cathedral for three days and nights?

Before the timeline had been reset, Ricardo had still failed to awaken even after meeting the Saintess. The Crown Prince had said so himself—it was unquestionably true.

Ricardo looked at the woman seated before him, her cheeks flushed crimson. Her eyes and lips shimmered with moisture.

He let out a dry chuckle at her naïveté—the belief that it was fine since no one else in the world would know.

After that, he couldn’t think at all. He had no will left to resist the soft body pressing gently against him.

The damp, delicate weight leaning into him, the scent rising from her skin, the small hand clutching his collar—each drowned his reason completely.

He already knew the answer, yet he couldn’t stop her.

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