The warm breath came and went. Lu could feel how much Hayden cherished her even in the heated temperature, his fingers daringly reaching out to her but ultimately being cautious and gentle towards the end.

The deep bedroom door of the Aesloth palace was tightly closed. Only soft breezes and warm sunlight could penetrate.

Brown hair spread over the blue satin. Hayden kissed it as if worshiping every strand. As if afraid of making a mistake, his hand holding Lu never exerted force; it was full of longing.

“If it’s too difficult…”

“I’ll listen.”

She nodded.

“Your basic strength is too overwhelming; it’s overwhelming to follow.”

The voice gradually became thinner, sometimes interrupted, but it was as clear as the words. Smiling while listening, Hayden raised his head.

“I mean it.”

“I think I can keep up this time.”

“No, you can’t.”

The responding voice once again thinning. He joyfully looked at Lu.

“You’ve done so much for me; you can endure it well, Lu.”

“It’s not just one thing you’ve done there.”

She groaned and covered her face.

“Well, it’s in the vicinity.”

Due to his nonchalant comment, Lu unconsciously lowered the hand covering her face and gripped the bed.

The white sheets crumpled, and the knuckles of the hand that gripped the sheets turned white. Hayden, as if he couldn’t bear to see that either, gently pulled her hand and kissed her while stroking it. There was no place his lips didn’t touch.

It couldn’t melt so smoothly and easily. Hayden was unbothered, almost cruelly so, making Lu feel unjust.

“Is this your first time?”

The voice, trembling thinly, now almost choked with sobs. First time? How can it be so skillful? The vision blurred, and without realizing it, Lu put her fingers through Hayden’s hair. She felt wronged. It was a lie, right?

But he, as if surprised, just smiled and didn’t answer. It was because he was too busy to use his lips to speak.

In the end, Lu pulled his black hair while her eyes reddened. Only then did he raise his head again.

“You said it was a lie. I just learned well from a good teacher.”

He chuckled while looking at her green eyes narrowing beneath the thinning gray eyes.

“Oh, really?”

That’s right. She shifted her posture without changing her firm body.

“I still want to do more.”

While smoothly going along with her movements, Hayden never forgot to respond. Only the gray eyes and smiling lips under the black lashes shone in the afternoon sunlight.

“Then, try more.”

Lu shifted her weight to him, smiling lips gently nibbling.
The thick eyebrows furrowed instantly. Hayden quickly supported Lu’s back. His large hand completely enveloped her firm and slightly lean back. Despite always maintaining rigorous physical training, Hayden was surprisingly thin to the point that it worried him. He might have lost weight in Turington.

“…Lu.”

A deep-set voice came out like a scratch. Those attending the Emperor would have recognized it as a warning, but Lu didn’t bat an eye.

“You’ve learned well.”

Soft lips whispered while pressed together. Hayden, trying to release the hand supporting Lu’s back, found himself unable to let go and could only tremble.

“I’m still teaching you more.”

This time, her eyes turned pretty. Whenever she laughed, he would be captivated. Hayden, unable to say anything in response while looking at Lu, laughed, then groaned like Lu did a while ago, putting his hand on his forehead.

“Lu.”

“Yeah?”

Knowing why he called her, Lu responded affectionately this time. Since they first met until now, whenever Lu, the most beautiful and lovely woman in the world to him, smiled, he couldn’t move a muscle.

“I have to do it slowly…”

“Yeah, slowly.”

She nodded, then moved more slowly, looking down.

“Please.”

“What?”

At the pleading ‘please,’ she looked up again and smiled warmly. She already knew. Lu reached out, and as her touch embraced, the temperature and blood rushed dramatically to the embraced areas. Even if you looked at it with your eyes, the once unblemished areas were all red.

“I, I’m enough…”

Now he couldn’t continue his words properly. A choked sound echoed, and veins stood out on his strained neck. Lu, looking at that firm neck, leaned her face nearby.

Just anticipating it made Hayden instinctively embrace her. Yet, he hesitated again. It seemed like he was worried that he might hurt Lu.

“It’s not me; it’s you.”

Hayden finally completed his words by grabbing Lu’s wrist. It was a clean wrist untouched by any curse.

“I wish you liked it more.”

In his gray eyes, the heat that was once full seemed like it could spill out at any moment. He was barely controlling it. Discussing leisure or enjoying it together at first was too stimulating for him; he had relatively little patience left.

“Hmm, I like this.”

But he couldn’t resist what Lu said. Well, what can he do? He just has to endure it. Should he just ask her to tie his wrists? Hayden let go of even passing thoughts in his restless mind.

“Do you dislike it?”

Lu stopped her actions and looked at him.

“Is it not good?”