The water made his scent more intensely spread.
The moisture gathered at the end of his long eyelashes and glittered.
“We need to wipe it off.”
Johann took off his soaked shirt. His bare skin was exposed naturally. His wellbuilt muscles moved along the elegant and wellstructured lines.
“Does it hurt anywhere?”
“You’re overprotective. I’m fine with this.”
“If you say you’re fine, I can’t help but do this.”
Johann wiped my face and wet hair with a towel he had nearby.
Look at this.
‘He’s much wetter than I am, but.’
His affectionate and meticulous touch caressed me.
‘Why is he so good to me?’
Every time Johann’s touch reached me, my hairs tensed up.
‘I almost want to misunderstand that this is real.’
“I, I’ll go change my clothes right away.”
As I was about to get up, Johann stopped me. His touch was strangely assertive.
“If you don’t dry off immediately, you might catch a cold.”
He brushed the moisture from my forehead with the towel.
“I can do it myself.”
“I want to do it for you.”
“Why?”
I plucked up the courage to look at him directly.
“Why do you want to take care of me?”
“….”
“Do you usually take care of anyone like this?”
Johann quietly looked at me without a word.
Lazy afternoon sunlight settled outside the window. A fitting silence hung around us.
“I only do this to you.”
His slightly damp, clinging hair, captivating eyes, an elegant rising nose, beautifully shaped lips. Johann quietly approached with a slow smile.
“Especially, I feel this way only towards you.”
His warm and soft lips touched my forehead as if to brush against it.
“Even if I try to avoid you, I can’t. My eyes keep going to you, and I crave you.”
Soon, his lips gently descended and settled affectionately above my eyes and on the tip of my nose.
Johann playfully bit my nose lightly and then pulled away his face, looking at my face with a greedy and deep gaze, and with a mischievous smile on his lips.
“Where do you think it will be next?”
……Very lazily in my ear.
Our lips met.
(This is a time separator.)
The Roieum mansion was bustling with people.
Compared to Crown Prince Roieum, Miryu from a poorer count family was a less prestigious bride.
Queen Isabella, the king’s proxy, made sure Miryu didn’t shrink back by holding parties every day until the wedding.
Miryu’s friends came to congratulate her, who was soon to become the crown princess.
“Miryu, I’m so glad it worked out well. Maybe people should live kindly.”
“If Prince Hesen treats you so well. When will I meet such a good man?”
“Where else can you find a man like Prince Hesen, with a good body, handsome, considerate, and he loves only you, Miryu?”
Above all, Miryu was a very kind and wellreputed gentle lady, so everyone was genuinely happy for her luck.
Leaving her friends, Diana asked Miryu,
“Big sister, you’re fiddling with the ribbon again.”
“Oh.”
Miryu opened her eyes wide in surprise and pulled her hands away. Diana looked at Miryu worriedly.
“You still find it difficult, don’t you? You haven’t even received an apology from the perpetrator.”
“……No. I’m trying to forgive her now.”
Miryu smiled with difficulty.
“A lot of time has passed. After all, she won’t remember anything, it’s strange that I’m the only one holding on to it[—]”
“You can’t do that. Take this opportunity to get an apology.”
“But she’s the Duchess of Blanquette.”
The Duke of Blanquette was one of the powerful figures in the Empire.
Even the Kingdom of Roieum couldn’t easily deal with him.
“So all the more reason to let people know this fact. Does it make sense that it was buried because the perpetrator didn’t debut in social circles? Even now, it seems she is about to step into the social world.”
Diana forcefully spoke, holding Miryu’s hand.
“If the Duke of Blanquette is a righteous person, after knowing the truth, he would be angry at his wife, not my sister.”
“I don’t want to burden you. I wonder if it’s right to bring up something that happened long ago.”
“It’s the right thing to do. If not, I’ll step in first and bring it up. Then I’ll take all the responsibility.”
The more Diana saw Miryu blaming herself, the angrier she became.
‘My sister is so kind.’
Estelle, who adopted the theme and was highranking, tormented her kind sister and left a scar.
‘I cannot forgive.’
Princess Diana, who had even been knighted, was of a righteous character.
As a knight, she had a duty to protect the weak.
“After all, everyone invited to this party is my friend. They all know your situation and will help you so that woman can’t escape.”
“Thank you, Diana.”
Miryu covered her face with her palm, pretending to be touched.
‘Look, what does it matter if she’s a Duchess? She can’t do anything.’
Miryu’s lips, hidden by her palm, curled into a sly smile.
‘Now I can get married safely.’
The core of the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Roieum.
Queen Isabella declared she would succeed to the throne as the king after the wedding.
She could become the queen immediately after marriage.
‘I am the queen.’
The wealthy and powerful Kingdom of Roieum.
A handsome prince who only looked at Miryu.
Inlaws who did not spare their support for her.
Now all that remained was to enjoy all the happiness.
(This is the time divider.)
The kiss that just happened was like an accident.
“This, this is[—]”
It was an unexpected natural disaster. The moment I pulled my face away and looked at him.
“Estelle Libertan.”
Johan’s face was expressionless.
Although his appearance was cold without a trace of emotion, I felt he was extremely anxious.
‘This looks like the real Johan.’
Johan grabbed my chin and asked,
“Why didn’t you dodge?”
“……Did you think I would dodge?”
“…….”
Johan’s Adam’s apple twitched momentarily.
“Don’t provoke me anymore.”
The atmosphere was languid yet thrilling. Even blinking seemed to matter.
“Before I do something stupid to you.”
“What stupid thing?”
“Things you can’t even imagine.”
Wet state. Close body temperature.
His cool yet affectionate eyes seemed to contain sincerity.
Johan’s two hands embraced my cheeks. He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.
“Being with you makes me forget everything.”
“…….”
“Do you want to forget? Shall we forget everything?”
I was caught in the moment and wanted to say to forget everything. Was it okay to persuade Johan to give up his revenge?
The correct choice for me was to pretend not to know anything and ask him to forget.
“No, don’t forget anything.”
“Do you know what it is?”
“I don’t know. But Johan wanting to forget everything[—]”
I licked my lips, looking at Johan’s trembling red eyes.
“You look too miserable.”
“…….”
“I’ll remember instead. Whatever it is.”
Johan looked at me and clenched and unclenched his hand, as if trying to grasp something in his empty hand.
“You are…… you don’t know anything, but you act as if you know. Do you really know, or not?”
His pale, cold fingers brushed my lips.
“What are you hiding?”
“Johan.”
“Why can’t you tell me?”
Johan’s eyes became more tender. He asked me as if whispering.
“The kiss earlier, you meant to call it an accident?”
My eyes widened.
“That……. ”
“It’s an accident.”
Surprisingly, Johan smiled lightly.
“When the saintess came, it was like camouflage.”
He pierced right through my thoughts. I nodded awkwardly.
Johan brushed my ear and planted a kiss on my lips.
“It’s not like an accident.”
I asked him with a flushed face.
“Then what is it?”
“My malice.”
Johan’s red eyes shone arrogantly.
“Be prepared.”
“…….”
“Whatever it is, I need to know.”
Johan whispered in an obsessive voice.
“Everything you want to hide, even the things you didn’t know about yourself. Even a single strand of your hair that you’ve shed.”
I stared blankly at his face.
‘Somehow, I feel like Johan loves me.’
All the words Johan had said to me sounded like a love confession.
(This is a time separator.)
The next day, Diana, Princess of the Royum Kingdom, sent me an invitation.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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