“Is there someone who feels like a man to you?”
With a laughter-infused voice, Carson moved back to the table. Watching him recede with a raised head, she became lost in thought.
‘Someone who feels like a man…’
Ines looked at his bare upper body, saying nothing. Then, she involuntarily felt a chill on her body. How warm is that body?
And immediately, Marcus Knights came to her mind.
The person who expressed his feelings to her in the emperor’s palace garden where the cold wind was blowing today as well. And the person who smiled genuinely even after consecutive rejections.
Is it okay to use that kind man now? Ines hesitated, but she felt more desperate than ever. As long as she didn’t reveal his name, it seemed that the emperor would not meet the disciple of the imperial council, so it wouldn’t be a big problem.
“Ines?”
Since she wasn’t good at making up lies, she couldn’t make up words that weren’t there. But she couldn’t help but hesitate.
“Ines!”
“Yes?”
“I just asked you a question, didn’t I…?”
“Ah…”
“Ah?”
Ines lifted her glass of water. Her throat was dry, and it was also an action to hide the expression of lying.
“Actually…”
“Speak, don’t beat around the bush.”
Carson unusually urged Ines. As if the leisure just moments ago was false, he showed a stern expression. She laughed a bit awkwardly, feeling a bit embarrassed even though her words were nothing special.
“Well… Lately, someone expresses good feelings toward me, saying that every day is long for me. Even though he knows that I have mental issues, he doesn’t care much.”
“So…?”
“At first, I thought he was just saying that, but he has been quite steady.”
At this point, Ines thought she should go back to her room. It wouldn’t change anything to tidy up her appearance now; she was still wearing a pajama that clearly showed her figure.
“Do you have the same… feelings?”
At the question, Ines took a deep breath and looked at him.
For a moment, his sharp gaze felt familiar.
It seemed like he was pouring out the confession he made in the evening office into reality and coming to find Ines.
That day, the sharp eyes that shone brightly at the Edmund Temple, and the same eyes he had when he passionately approached her, felt just like back then.
The day when her heart, which had been throbbing and flowing down like a waterfall, replaced the sound of her heart.
“Did you already know from the beginning?”
How could she not have known?
“The person who is hanging in your gaze right now.”
No matter how much she wanted not to know, the gaze he directed at her was so clear that she couldn’t ignore it.
“Who is that man?”
The meaning that she first stumbled upon that day when he approached her with passionate words.
In the vivid memories of that day, Ines closed her eyes for a moment. How had she ignored it until now? It wasn’t that her eyes were blind and her heart was closed.
She had run solely for her revenge. Perhaps Ines didn’t even realize that wanting to elevate Carson to the highest position might be her own greed.
If what he truly wanted was to have her by his side, and if Ines had known that in advance.
Even if she were to achieve revenge, even if she were to elevate Carson to the emperor’s position, it would not have been right.
How selfish was the thought of throwing herself to the ground to achieve a lowly goal and go beside the person who had risen to the highest position?
Ines bit down on the tender flesh inside her mouth.
“It may not be viewed that way, but as a human, I won’t stand firm? It’s the law that even a tree struck ten times won’t fall.”
Even if Carson got angry and pressed her for answers, Ines would simply keep her mouth shut. Even if he were to ask, “Is this your answer about my feelings?” she already had a predetermined response.
“A tree struck ten times won’t fall?”
However, Carson once again completely avoided Ines’s thoughts. Even when he prodded her, saying this is your answer to my feelings, her response was already set.
“There’s no tree in the world that won’t fall when struck ten times.”
“What…?”
Carson, looking down at her sitting on the bed, approached her until his knees touched hers. Ines was so preoccupied with reexamining the meaning of Carson’s words that she didn’t even realize him coming closer.
“Ines.”
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
