Picked Up a Beast, Turns Out He's an Emperor (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 104

Aboard the gondola heading toward Lake Innis, the Emperor asked politely,

“If my curse is lifted on my birthday… I wish to hold a wedding ceremony with only the two of us. Will you allow it?”

Arabella, knowing she would not be by his side on the day he turned twenty-six, could not utter a single word in reply.

Her eyes, filled with the beloved’s smile, lowered to hide the secret within.

But soon, his long and firm fingers gently lifted her chin. His ruby eyes, concealing anxiety over what was to come, spoke earnestly of his sincerity.

She forced a smile, tensing the corners of her eyes to hold back tears, and her chin gave a slight nod—moved by the Emperor’s tender hand cradling her jaw.

With a playful curve on his lips, the Emperor drew closer until his mouth covered hers.

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Her round eyes, previously dazed and unable to comprehend the Emperor’s words, widened in sudden realization. Recalling their conversation aboard the ship, Arabella’s lips parted slightly in flustered surprise.

Her expressive eyes darted helplessly, and her soft pink lips trembled as if searching for words, yet only a faint, hurried breath escaped. Beneath the covers, her slender fingers fidgeted restlessly.

The Emperor watched every detail of her reaction, his gaze shimmering with quiet delight.

Just awakened from a long slumber, Arabella looked so endearing that his mouth watered. From her tousled, fluffy hair to the tiny, rounded toes peeking shyly from beneath the blanket—everything made him ache to gather her into his arms and swallow her whole.

He had assumed that once the curse broke, the beast raging deep within him would vanish.

Yet Arabella brought him calm while simultaneously awakening an unfathomable desire within.

He had thought it might merely be the beast’s obsession with the woman who saved his life.

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