Embracing all this pain is solely my responsibility.
It was something he could handle on his own.
“Yes, that’s right.”
As he was steadying his heart and trying to rise again, Lina’s voice calling his name reached him.
‘Is it an illusion?’
Could it be that he was hearing the sound he most wanted to hear because of his desperation?
Around the time he dismissed it as his own mistake, Lina’s voice echoed again.
“Duke!”
Velige, still stiff from surprise, raised his head. Then, rigidly, he stood up and turned around.
Hoping that he hadn’t misheard.
“…Lina?”
As Velige mumbled her name like a sigh, Lina’s body began to change.
Into the appearance he had been desperately searching for.
“Ah.”
Staring at the gradually changing figure of Lina in the moonlight, Velige let out a short breath.
“Lina.”
Still stiff, with a frozen expression, Velige took a step towards her.
“Lina.”
Whispering her name countless times.
At the faint sound of his name, Lina, as if waiting, rushed towards the Duke.
As if vowing not to let go of the man again, she tightly embraced him.
“Duke…!”
Due to this, the jacket hanging over her shoulders fell to the ground with a ‘thud.’
“Why…”
Velige, with stiffly frozen lips, managed to murmur, moving slowly.
And then, with an expression of disbelief, he gently touched Lina, who was holding onto him.
“Why…”
Why did she come back, why after leaving, saying she no longer loved him? His eyes held resentment as he looked at her.
“I realized.”
Leaning on the Duke’s broad chest, Lina took a step back as if she had realized something. Suppressing the welling tears, Lina, with a voice that seemed to choke, said,
“…What?”
There were so many things she wanted to say.
However, the hot emotions welling up through her throat made it impossible for her to say everything. Velige looked carefully at Lina’s face, gazing up at him with tearful eyes.
And raising his still healing arm, he gently caressed her face with trembling hands.
“That we can’t go back to before I met you.”
Her scent, the touch, everything felt so vivid, as if assuring him it was real. As if stumbling through his words, the man cautiously continued,
“Now… That statement means.”
“I’ll be by your side.”
For a moment, Velige’s ears seemed to go numb. The words she uttered seemed so dreamlike. In a trembling voice, he murmured,
“It’s the last chance, for you to leave me… To become free.”
“I don’t need that chance.”
“You might regret it.”
“I won’t regret it.”
It wasn’t a dream.
It wasn’t a lie.
His hand started from Lina’s forehead and slowly moved down. His thumb glided down her eyelids and gently cupped her flushed cheek.
“…I won’t let you go again.”
“Please don’t let go.”
“Even if you cry and beg, never.”
The man’s hand, which had been thoroughly exploring even her plump lips, was moving slowly, as if confirming who he was.
Wrapping the Duke’s hands, which were tenderly caressing her face, Lina whispered warmly.
No matter what, she would break this curse.
Unlock the curse for this man.
“Shall I save you, Duke?”
She would definitely save him.
Due to the continuously flowing tears, his face wasn’t clearly visible.
Whether it was because of his rough hands, as if checking if this was an illusion, or his eyes, staring as if it was unbelievable, it couldn’t be determined.
“No.”
With a voice that seemed to suppress something, his single word again resonated strongly in her chest.
“I’ve already been saved.”
His murmured words struck Lina’s eyebrows with a shiver.
“From the moment you returned to my side.”
Maybe someday, he might regret this choice. But even so…
“I’ll stay by your side.”
She couldn’t turn away from her feelings for him.
“Forever.”
With the last words she uttered, Velige gently lowered his head. Then, Lina reached out, wrapping her arms around his back.
Between the two warm and moist bodies touching, the pleasant sensation intertwined.
Starting from the lower belly, a tingling feeling rose along Lina’s spine.
Her arms, embracing his back, gradually moved upward, and soon her arms wrapped around his neck. Then, Velige, pulling him closer, felt her deeply.
Like a person lost in the desert discovering an oasis, an urgent kiss that seemed to quench all the thirst accumulated over time.
As Lina parted her lips from his, Velige, gently pulling her away, whispered as he removed the strands of hair stuck to her cheek.
“I love you, Lina.”
Every time Velige whispered, a warm breath entered her lips, mixing with her inside. With those words, Velige once again delved into her lips.
The wind blowing at the end of a hot summer couldn’t interfere with them.
As if there was no one else in this world, earnestly and very tenderly.
Velige and Lina were comforting each other.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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