Rose covered her flushed face with both hands.
The Grand Duke did not push Rose away. On the contrary, he had pulled her body strongly, even laying her down on the bed.
And… their lips passionately sought each other.
“This is crazy.”
Rose’s lips trembled slightly.
For some reason, the feeling of warmth on her lips. The soft sensation kept coming back to her mind.
Feeling embarrassed, Rose couldn’t lift her head.
Although kissing him felt embarrassing enough, the problem was… the Grand Duke firmly rejected Rose rushing towards him.
“I don’t want to do such things under the influence of alcohol.”
“Ha… How embarrassing.”
Rather than not remembering vividly, being outright rejected was even more humiliating.
“Why did I do that yesterday?”
Rose regretted yesterday’s events intensely.
If only she hadn’t suggested doing such a thing, or even more, if she hadn’t dragged him to the bedroom by his hand.
“No… I should have just had one glass of wine.”
Regretting it now wouldn’t change anything.
“The Grand Duke must think I’m a strange woman.”
A woman who rushes towards him while drunk.
It felt uncomfortable, as if she had left a bad impression on him.
“From the look on your face, it seems like you remember everything.”
The Grand Duke’s voice was heard.
Rose wished she could turn back time to yesterday.
The Grand Duke looked at the frozen Rose and closed his eyes. His neatly curled eyes were incredibly charming.
Even in the midst of embarrassment, looking at the Grand Duke’s face made her heart flutter.
“Hah… I used to be a person who could brighten up like this.”
Rose spoke with her face turning red.
“I’m sorry, Your Grace. I must not have been in my right mind yesterday.”
“An impulsive act under the influence of alcohol?”
“…Yes.”
Her feeble voice sounded incredibly small.
Rose couldn’t properly meet the Grand Duke’s eyes.
She didn’t want to see the expression on the Grand Duke’s face, who might be disappointed with her actions.
Duke Arthem held Rose’s waist, who seemed at a loss, with care.
Their bodies, already close, became even closer.
“Isn’t your true self showing?”
“!”
The Grand Duke’s breath, which came closer, was felt right in front of her nose.
Thump [dash] Thump [dash] Thump.
The heart, oblivious to the situation, thumped carelessly without knowing Rose’s feelings.
“I expected a bit when you said you’d hug me in the morning. It’s a shame it turned out like this.”
Rose’s two eyes widened.
What’s this again?
“I said I wanted to feel the connection when we were both in our right minds. Don’t you remember?”
A slightly teasing tone.
He gently swept away Rose’s hair.
“Then yesterday, the Grand Duke didn’t reject me?”
Rose breathed a sigh of relief only then.
The Grand Duke did not reject Rose but rather restrained his instincts.
I thought I had been unequivocally rejected, but fortunately not.
Rose let out a sigh of relief.
A tingling sensation spread through Rose as the Duke’s hand brushed against her neck.
Perhaps it was because of the autumn sunlight filtering through the crack.
The Duke’s face seemed even more transparent today.
Beneath disheveled hair, his blue eyes shone like a shimmering sea.
And below them were the dusky lips…
Rose’s gaze focused on the Duke’s lips, and memories of a kiss under the influence of alcohol floated back.
The Duke, looking at Rose intently, opened his lips, which made her heart pound.
“Let’s date first.”
The Duke’s eyes, heavily curved.
“Because you want it.”
He gently caressed Rose’s face. The touch on her cheek felt pleasantly soothing.
Rose, as if restraining the Duke’s hand caressing her cheek, held it back.
Subtly lowering her hand, Rose wrapped her arm around the Duke’s neck.
And, without a word about who would do it first, they passionately sought each other’s lips.
It happened in an instant.
The breathless sounds reverberated gently in the bedroom.
The Duke carefully supported Rose’s head and laid her down on the bed.
With her arms around the Duke’s neck, Rose kissed him.
Only the warm breath went back and forth.
The Duke slowly detached his lips and looked at Rose.
In his slightly relaxed eyes, there was a strong desire.
The Duke’s lips touched Rose’s forehead. Then, passing over the nose and cheek, tickled her neck.
Rose unintentionally hugged the Duke, trembling.
She was on the verge of losing consciousness due to the sensation tingling her toes.
“But is it okay to be like this on the first day of dating?”
Rose, who had lived by Confucian principles, was confused by this unprecedented experience.
She was led by instinct to kiss him, but if it continued like this…
Rose swallowed her dry saliva.
Somehow, she felt tense. Did the Duke notice Rose’s stiff state?
Duke Arthem detached his lips and looked at Rose.
“Do you dislike it by any chance?”
His low, resonant voice was incredibly kind.
Exhaling breathlessly, the Duke’s eyes scanned Rose anxiously.
Rose, who was not uncomfortable with it but felt burdened by such a turn of events so early in the relationship, couldn’t answer easily.
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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