I know it all too well.
When did I ever glance at you?
He closed and opened his eyes, resenting my careless gaze.
“But, Your Majesty, did you come to the clinic alone?”
I quickly changed the subject.
“No. Secretary Raphael suddenly had a stomachache, so I was alone in his place.”
“In the corner?”
“Yes, just like someone said, huddled in a corner. And the Empress?”
“Yes?”
“Why did you come to the ‘Confident Night’ clinic yesterday? It looked like you were picking something up.”
“I, I…”
My heart dropped at his question.
I couldn’t tell the truth.
What should I do?
How should I dodge the question?
“Empress…?”
He hurriedly called my name.
“I went to buy a potency potion!”
“What?”
“For our first night, a confident today!”
“……What?”
“It’s true!”
I clenched my fists and shouted with sincerity in my eyes.
Emperor Rinel stared at me blankly for a moment, then slowly pulled the blanket up to his chin.
He seemed tense.
Why is he like that?
“You suddenly look tired, Your Majesty.”
“Do I? I’m glad.”
Emperor Rinel closed his eyes and replied.
“?”
“The Empress must be tired too.”
He asked, slowly opening one eye.
“I… I’m not tired at all because of the potency potion!”
I was holding back a yawn, pinching my thigh.
Having said that I had taken a potency potion to hide the fact that I had gone to buy a magic potion to remove burn scars, I couldn’t say that I felt like I would pass out as soon as I closed my eyes.
If I had known this would happen, I would have really bought and drank a potency potion.
“Thanks to the potency potion, I know that the Empress has plenty of stamina, but it would be better to sleep now.”
“Should I?”
What a welcome sound.
“Yes. We’ll check the potency of that potion gradually.”
Gradually check what?
Emperor Rinel tapped the bed beside him with his hand, gesturing for me to lie down.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
As soon as I obediently laid my body down, he fluttered the blanket and covered me.
“But, it seems there is no warming magic stone in this bedroom…”
His voice filled with questions came from the dark.
“It seems so. Why, Your Majesty? Is it cold?”
“No, I’m just curious.”
“What?”
“Empress, we’re married now, aren’t we?”
Instead of answering my question, he suddenly asked a completely irrelevant question.
“That… right? We’re married now.”
I paused for a moment and then replied.
“That’s right. We’re married.”
He nodded his head and suddenly grabbed my hand, which was neatly placed on his stomach.
“Yo, Your Majesty?”
Surprised by his unexpected touch, I fumbled to pull my hand away.
Then, the grip of his hand tightened.
He turned his head towards me and asked like a challenge.
“Do I need to get the Empress’s permission to hold hands?”
“No…”
“Then let me borrow it for a while.”
Emperor Rinel carefully put his hand in my hand.
“It’s warm, that’s why. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt sleepy like this without a warming magic stone…”
His voice was getting slower and smaller.
After a moment of silence, he blurted out a word.
“Nice.”
“…”
After his short remark, silence fell again, but my heart continued to beat fast.
I kept my gaze fixed on the ceiling with tension.
Then, I somehow plucked up the courage to slowly turn my head towards Emperor Rinel.
Hmm? Has he already fallen asleep?
Looking at his face that seemed to be sound asleep, I finally began to relax.
I looked at his face, which was glowing even in the darkness, for a while, then my eyelids gradually began to lose strength and fall.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]How much time has passed?
My eyes opened by themselves.
It was still dark around.
‘I didn’t wake up because it was hot.’
I often woke up in the middle of the night because of the heat I felt from my body every two or three days.
When that happened, I always had to go out to the terrace, take off my clothes and stand in the cold wind, or sit in a bathtub filled with cold water to cool down my body temperature before I could go back to sleep.
Even though my eyes were open out of habit, today was definitely different from other days.
My head, which had always been heavy, felt a lot lighter.
It was still early morning, but my physical condition was so good that I could start the day now.
Out of curiosity, I tried to lift my upper body but failed.
“Ah.”
I belatedly realized that Emperor Rinel was holding me in his arms.
Did the Emperor Rinel, cursed with hypothermia, spend the night cooling my burning heat? Was I playing the role of a human heater for him?
He seemed to sense my movement in his sleep, wrapping my body with his legs.
“Ah.”
“Do not move. Stay still…”
Rinel’s sleepladen breath touched my neck.
I did not dislike his solid embrace.
I gave up on escaping from his arms and closed my eyes again.
I could not easily fall asleep due to the sound of his heart that made even my body tremble.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]The clicking sound of heels on the marble floor faintly woke me up.
It wasn’t the sound of one person’s footsteps, but several people’s at once.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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