‘Perhaps the goddess pities me for only smelling the stench. She might have sent someone to save me for a moment.’
Elizabeth shook Nikolai enough to be caught in absurd fantasies.
Blinking one eye spasmodically, repeatedly kissing her hand.
When he became intensely curious about Elizabeth’s intention, she spoke with a determined voice.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll start with a kiss.”
He couldn’t be sure what happened after that.
Sweetness poured into his mouth.
Consciousness leaped into an uncontrollable realm.
‘It’s not the heavy and artificial sweetness of chocolate cake, but a fresh and refreshing sweetness. It feels like my paralyzed nerves are waking up.’
He focused all his senses, savoring Elizabeth’s scent and taste.
Even moaning seemed a waste.
The fragrance of Cherry Blossom Island, brilliantly embroidered with spring, swirled inside him.
For the first time in his life, Nikolai thought he did not want to part from a woman.
He wanted to kiss her longer, get closer, touch her more deeply.
“You, become my empress.”
The heart I thought was frozen throbbed as if it would burst.
It was because he was afraid the sweet woman might reject his proposal.
Fear. Nikolai’s thick eyebrows twitched.
Since she had come to the philandering Emperor and boldly offered a kiss, she must have wanted something.
Then again, he had received a report that a woman named Elizabeth was going to tempt him.
‘There’s no way I’ll refuse. Who in the world hates wealth and honor?’
But once again, Elizabeth shattered Nikolai’s expectations.
“Don’t you like it?”
An unknown anger surged.
It wasn’t just because she had dared to defy the imperial command.
“What’s the reason?”
“I’m not interested in that. All I want is to control you like a puppet.”
“Is that something to say to the Emperor?”
“So what? You must have fallen for me anyway.”
Elizabeth was as brazen as she was confident.
Nikolai, narrowing his eyes, asked,
“What if it’s not?”
Elizabeth’s complexion changed as she sensed something strange.
She suddenly demanded,
“Your Majesty. Sit down for a moment, will you get up?”
“What?”
“Try hopping like a rabbit, or turn around like an elephant.”
Elizabeth was terrifyingly serious.
She even demonstrated by taking his nose and spinning it around.
She was certain Nikolai would follow her command.
Swallowing his discomfort and another bewildering feeling, he asked,
“Why should I do that?”
“Because I’m a femme fatale?”
“Like a cuckoo who has lost its spring?”
“It’s ruined!”
Elizabeth screamed and clutched her head with both hands.
Now it seemed she had come to her senses.
“It would be nice if you could remember who I am now.”
“Em, Emperor Your Majesty…?”
“Do you feel how ruined it is?”
Nikolai snapped his fingers.
Heavily armed guards rushed in.
The alert guards surrounded Elizabeth.
Elizabeth, looking trapped, stammered an excuse,
“I, I didn’t mean to belittle Your Majesty! There’s a complex situation here…!”
“Belittle the Emperor. A grave crime deserving of extermination.”
Nikolai growled lowly.
Elizabeth, as if she had raised her nose at him, trembled.
“I, I apologize! Please spare my life!”
It was a somewhat familiar sight.
Nikolai had never kept a pet, but he had seen a small silk mouse wriggling on Franz’s palm.
Black, round eyes. The fur glistening with shine.
The small hands and feet twitching in fright.
‘Did they call that a hamster? It looks just like this woman. Elizabeth Hamster.’
Swallowing the laugh that threatened to burst out, Nikolai vowed.
He would make this woman his, no matter what it took.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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