Prince Khaled raised his eyebrows as if waiting for her to continue.
“Can you just trust me every time?”
“Are you talking about the gold mine?”
“No. All the information I give to you.”
Her gaze was firmly on him.
She couldn’t tell him about the regression.
Even if she strained to bring up the subject, he surely wouldn’t believe her.
Then, in the gaze they exchanged, Khaled chuckled and spoke.
“You are asking too much from me. You know?”
“…Is it too much to ask for trust while cooperating together?”
They had decided to become allies, after all.
Not to mention the betrothal and the marriage.
It was a relationship where they would be spending a very long time together.
Khaled, who read Velia’s thick emotions, whispered quietly in her ear.
“While not speaking any truth, you’re telling me to believe in you completely.”
“That’s…”
Velia, who was mumbling and biting her lips, irritated Khaled.
He was certain that she didn’t harbor any personal feelings towards him.
She was merely staying by his side for her own purpose.
Then it should just be a relationship where they both only take advantage.
‘Why does it bother me?’
So, he wanted to check.
Why was he being unusually generous and forgiving only to her?
Why did the princess, who was just interesting, keep bothering him?
Khaled pulled the corners of his mouth wide into a grin.
“Princess.”
Velia looked at him when he called her.
“You are hiding many things from me, but I think I’ll trust you.”
And then, he stretched out his hand and properly arranged the clothing hanging on Velia’s shoulder.
It was just a step.
With his single step moving from her side to front, the atmosphere around them changed in an instant.
The airy and buoyant mood became heavy and stifling.
“…Prince Khaled.”
It was strange.
Although she had called that name many times before.
The name that just came out of her mouth rolled around inside Velia’s mouth like letters with a will of their own.
“Velia.”
This time, he called her name with unspeakable tenderness.
Was it because she was intoxicated by the strange atmosphere of this place?
Or was it because she couldn’t adapt to the rapidly changed air?
Avoiding his gaze by turning her head, and letting out the breath that rose to her throat.
Nothing was easy.
Her heart started to beat heavily, thump, thump.
“If I trust you completely, you will tell me the truth someday.”
He was still fiddling with the clothes on her shoulder as he spoke.
“I told you before. I don’t have much. That’s why I can’t give up my people or my things. I can’t have the few things I have taken away from me. Even if you’re hiding the truth.”
Khaled slowly moved a disheveled strand of Velia’s hair behind her ear.
“Once you become mine and asked me to trust you, I will trust you.”
Of course, I will verify it.
“So, don’t betray me. It’s not a pleasant feeling.”
His voice, much lower than when he had called her name, wasn’t affectionate at all.
His nagging gaze kept shaking her.
With even her breath halted, Velia stared at him with trembling eyes.
“Your Highness….”
Just as she was struggling to open her sealed lips.
Prince Khaled had closed the distance between their lips to a barely noticeable gap.
“Then, I’ll do my best to ensure you won’t regret choosing me over Raul. How about that?”
His voice resonated gently.
His touch, caressing her ear, also gradually became intimate.
‘Get a hold of yourself, Velia.’
The moment she saw his blue eyes, which had come close, gleaming in the moonlight, Velia had an instinct. If she let things be, she would be completely swept up by him.
She couldn’t let that happen.
Velia pushed Prince Khaled away slightly.
“If Your Highness could do just that, our contract will become much stronger. I’m glad.”
Velia reminded them of their contractual relationship.
She had to stop being shaken. This was just an unnecessary emotion.
“Ha….”
Prince Khaled, who was trying to figure out how he felt about her, was somewhat disappointed by Velia, who sharply cut him off, telling him not to come any closer.
“We made a contract on equal terms, so it’s natural for us to make efforts. If Your Highness trusts me, I will not betray you. Has this built some trust?”
It was annoying that she could say such things so calmly.
Because Khaled was completely shaken by Velia. He had concealed it by saying he was annoyed, but he knew all his nerves were focused on her.
“……Not bad.”
Khaled couldn’t stand the fact that she wasn’t completely in his hands.
An unknown possessiveness began to gnaw at Khaled.
So he tried to confuse her by saying something unnecessary.
“But what if I’m serious about you?”
“……I know it’s just curiosity.”
At his words, Velia stiffened but then smiled and responded. Khaled didn’t respond to Velia’s appearance.
“Let’s stop this pointless talk and focus on the first objective. First, we need to confirm the existence of the gold mine, and that I’m not engaged to Prince Raul. Let’s discuss other matters afterwards.”
She looked briefly at Khaled after finishing her resolute speech with a shaky voice. His expression was somewhat desolate.
“You understand?”
Velia asked for Khaled’s confirmation once again. Then Khaled sighed and held his forehead.
“……Yeah.”
At his begrudging reply, Velia nodded, hiding her trembling heart and forcing a smile.
However, Khaled didn’t smile at all.
“Let’s go back. We’ve been away too long.”
Velia removed Khaled’s coat from her shoulders and returned it to him.
“Thanks for the coat.”
Then, as if there was not a bit of attachment left, she opened the door leading to the banquet hall wide.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
