“Hmm?”
His low voice, tickling her earlobe, made Alicia hesitate.
Spending the night at Viscount Russell’s was not the first time, but this was the first time she had to stay out for such a reason. Alicia was already perplexed about how to explain this to her mother.
“But you haven’t told your mother… heung.”
Every time Eric’s moist softness, crawling down from her neck, reached her, it contrasted sharply with Eric’s firmness touching her back, making it dizzying.
“You must be hungry.”
“That’s .”
Eric’s hand, descending from the shoulder to the waist, held her arm, and finally, his fingers interlocked with hers.
“Eric sent me back to my room…”
“Do you have the spirit to be hungry?”
Alicia’s face turned even redder than the traces left on her body due to the teasing question.
When the butler came to inform Alicia that it was dinner time, she was almost out of her mind. Alicia, thinking about the situation, buried her face in the pillow and spoke.
“Oh, really. I wonder how everyone will look at me later.”
Other staff members probably found out about it as well. Despite Alicia’s embarrassment, Eric smiled, pressing his lips against her nape.
“So just stay here. Things will get better over time.”
“For whom… I mean.”
“Don’t worry. Once you get used to it, you’ll be shameless.”
“What kind of nonsense is that. Ugh.”
Smack.
After playfully teasing Alicia for a while, Eric suddenly bit her, surprising Alicia, who was wrapped in his arms.
“It feels like my hand is getting numb. Allen must be training you well.”
“I didn’t receive it for you, you know.”
Despite Alicia’s protest, Eric continued to playfully bother her with his mouth and hands, unfazed.
Even for a moment, if he wasn’t touching Alicia, it seemed like a big problem.
“It’s late. It’s dangerous to be out at this hour, and I don’t like it.”
“But you’ve always brought me back… every time.”
“I’m scared too. Especially on a late night like this.”
“Heum… what are you saying.”
Smirking, Eric turned Alicia’s face towards him and kissed her lips.
Alicia couldn’t resist Eric’s arms enveloping her and pulling her closer. Every time his hands touched her, Alicia shivered at the strange sensation.
It was beyond her understanding how a man much larger than herself could move so delicately.
“I didn’t think it would be this late.”
At Alicia’s resigned tone, Eric smiled contentedly.
“Oh well. Maybe I underestimated you.”
“That’s not the case…”
“I need to make it clear since your pride is hurt.”
At Eric’s subtle assertion disguised as a tantrum, the confused Alicia didn’t miss the chance to turn away. Eric quickly took advantage of that moment to delve into her.
Caught in Eric’s arms, Alicia, trapped by him, asked in a moment of tension.
“How are you going to make it clear?”
“Is it okay with you?”
Even though he had no intention of stopping, Eric still asked.
If she wanted to hear an answer, she should have waited, but she lowered her lips without responding.
“If you say it’s not okay, I’ll stop.”
After struggling for a while, Alicia, with a bitten lower lip, finally asked while exhaling.
“I don’t know, maybe. Can it be possible?”
The voice of Eric, who was speaking while moving his lips and breath, continued to tickle Alicia’s ears.
“I don’t know, I don’t know if it’s possible.”
It was not a lie that it was not easy, but it wasn’t easy to refuse such a desperate man.
“I, I’ll be lazy tomorrow.”
“Hmm.”
“I’ll really do nothing and be lazy all day.”
“Hmm.”
Alicia pulled Eric’s strong shoulders toward her.
The meeting of lips, interlocking hands, and touching bodies perfectly matched each other in this satisfying night.
In the early dawn, it was still a dark time when the sun hadn’t risen yet.
Amidst the noisy commotion echoing from the corridor, Eric opened his eyes. Carefully laying Alicia, who had fallen asleep in his arms, aside, Eric quietly got up and opened the door.
“Viscount.”
The butler, who seemed unsure of what to do, approached Eric and handed him a black envelope. “The Viscount instructed that any black-letter, regardless of the reason, should be brought to him immediately. Someone brought it a while ago.”
“Thank you, Butler.”
Hurriedly, Eric opened the envelope to check its contents.
[Summon from the Archmage. Departure requested immediately to the ruins of the northern temple.]‘Oh no.’
Eric placed the letter back into the envelope and burned it with the candle flame on the corridor wall.
“Butler, I’ll need hot water. I have to go out.”
“Yes, Viscount.”
The butler quickly left his place, and Eric entered Alicia’s room.
He hesitated on whether to wake Alicia, who was still sound asleep.
It would be nice if they could wake up together when the morning sun shines.
Would she be disappointed if she woke up and found out he wasn’t in the mansion?
Carefully, Eric brushed away Alicia’s tousled hair, contemplating.
As if sensing his touch, Alicia’s lips made a soft sound.
“Umm.”
“Alicia.”
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.”
