Cascus looked at her and chuckled. He gazed at Atia’s face, which had fallen asleep due to his touch, for a long time. It felt so delightful to be able to do something for someone else. Cascus was learning a lot from meeting Atia. She was the one who introduced him to a world he had never known before. There was a time when even sitting like he was doing now was challenging for him. At the time, Cascus, who couldn’t even perform normal activities properly, benefited greatly from Atia’s efforts. When they exercised together in the North, Atia focused on strengthening his back to prevent injury. She took every opportunity to examine his body, even taught him massage techniques. While he hadn’t fully revealed his body to her yet, he believed that someday he would be able to share many things with her. Hoping that the dark magic embedded in Atia’s body would heal completely, Cascus sincerely sent her lower body to paradise.
Originally planning to sleep for only an hour, Atia slept deeply, not knowing how much time had passed. When she woke up, it was already dusk.
“Ugh, what’s this? How long did I sleep?”
As Atia rubbed her eyes and woke up, Cascus lay beside her, smiling.
“Did you sleep well?”
Atia’s smooth foot was placed on Cascus’s thigh.
In other words…
“Huh? Have you been doing this until now?”
Cascus only smiled without saying anything.
“Oh, I’m so sorry… Is your hand okay? I didn’t sleep at all. When did I fall asleep…”
As Atia spoke, she put her hand on Cascus’s thick forearm.
When her smooth and small hand touched his rock-hard arm, Cascus flinched.
“If you use your hands a lot, waste accumulates here, you know? I’ll loosen it up for you.”
Atia grabbed Cascus’s arm and tried to massage it.
Cascus caught Atia’s hand with his other hand. He didn’t want to let her tender hands touch his stiff body.
“Even if I stay up for several nights, my hands will be fine. How about your body?”
“Well…”
‘My body feels so refreshed.’
Yawning, Atia slowly turned her neck.
Whether it was because of the short sleep, the thorough massage from Cascus, or the fact that the dark magic had been released.
Atia was astonished by the unfamiliar state of her body.
“It feels like energy is surging, doesn’t it?”
“Really?”
“Yes. I feel like I want to run out.”
Having slept deeply on the bed, Atia seemed full of enthusiasm when she woke up.
She naturally felt like exercising.
She had always felt the desire to exercise, but now the urge was particularly strong.
“Right. The gym! I wonder if the gym construction is going well…?”
“The gym?”
Cascus raised an eyebrow.
“Yes. I told the Crown Prince back then as a prize for winning the hunting competition.”
“Oh, that? I heard it’s almost done.”
“Really? It was frustrating to endure only home training in such a desolate place for so long. Should we go check it out now?”
Since she couldn’t go to the North immediately, Atia had to exercise at the palace. Otherwise, it seemed like she wouldn’t be able to endure the thorns embedded in her body.
Even if her body was on a deadline, and she experienced nosebleeds and headaches, leaving her body idle for even a day was torture for Atia.
But now that the dark magic was released, it seemed like a good idea to confirm if her body had truly improved.
“We used this place as a gym until recently. When it’s completed, I guess I’ll live there.”
Cascus looked around the quite battered room.
“Your traces are embedded everywhere.”
Cascus chuckled, looking at Atia’s room, which lacked a proper place for everything.
“Oh… Did I use it a bit roughly? I thought I was being careful, but it seems like there are a lot of issues.”
Chairs with unbalanced legs and furniture that looked imperfect.
Perhaps due to Atia’s excessive passion.
Furniture that couldn’t handle her activities emerged.
She did crunches using the gaps in the bedroom furniture, and strengthened her arms and legs by lifting the velvet chair.
If there hadn’t been a thick carpet under the bed, the floor would have been indented and covered with pan marks.
“Oh, come to think of it, I caused some trouble. It’s not even our house… I broke the chair legs too… I should compensate for everything with money later.”
Atia shrugged and looked out the window. It was the perfect time to exercise when it was getting dark.
It seemed good to take a short walk outside to check how much the gym was completed.
“Let’s go out for a bit.”
Wearing light clothes, Atia took Cascus’s hand and led him.
Whether the dark magic was really lifted or not, Atia felt refreshing every time she walked, as if pushing away the pent-up times.
“I already told His Highness the Crown Prince everything. What we’re going to do.”
“You seem quite excited.”
“Of course, I am. If there’s a gym like that in the North, how great would it be?”
“Don’t worry. I’ll build it even bigger for you.”
“Really?”
“Yes. As big as you want.”
“Wow! That’s great. It was difficult to exercise outside when it rained or snowed.”
Until now, Atia and Cascus had engaged in various healthy exercises in the room.
Although it might look ambiguous to others, it was certainly not such an act. Truly, it was a pure connection between two human beings.
For example, Cascus assisted Atia’s posture when she lay on the carpet with her legs stretched out.
They didn’t hesitate to press their skin against each other in a close and intimate manner.
Of course, these activities were done in a healthy way with clothes on.
At first, Cascus blushed and refused, saying that he was getting too close.
However, Atia persuaded him by saying that she was just doing innocent exercises, and eventually, Cascus agreed.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
