Lionel stood there, with one shoulder sagging like a person whose shoulder had fallen off, and another arm swinging back and forth like a pendulum, looking like someone whose soul had left.
When I burst into laughter, he, unexpectedly, moved his arm back and forth like a pendulum, and eventually, he started laughing too.
After the laughter subsided, he climbed onto the bed and sat facing me.
Lionel extended his hands toward me.
Looking at him with such a lovely gaze, a playful instinct kicked in.
I shyly smiled while placing my two feet gently on his outstretched palms.
It was a surprising action to make him more embarrassed, but unexpectedly, he grabbed my feet and shook them like shaking hands.
It was a strangely awkward situation where the person who played a prank felt more uneasy.
My feet held in his hands looked ridiculously funny.
The sin of daring to lift my feet into the Emperor’s hands returned as humiliation.
He clapped my feet together like applauding.
This is what true humiliation looks like.
“This is really weird.”
He murmured with a profound expression.
“…Yes, it’s not a normal posture.”
“Besides the posture.”
Is there anything weirder than my current posture?
“It’s my wife.”
He said it as if talking about someone else.
I asked, playing along, “Why is your wife doing this?”
“Even if my empress does something rude to me, I don’t hate it.”
“Is it because my wife is so beautiful?”
“No, it’s not that.”
Lionel cut in sharply.
If I insist one more time, he might get angry.
“Ah, yes.
“Up until now, and in the future, this formidable action of effortlessly lifting both feet into my hands is probably unique to my wife among all living beings.”
While staring at my face, Lionel pursed his thick, sexy lips as if he had something more to say.
Is he trying to tell me he loves me? I hoped, but,
“Congratulations.”
Clap clap [dash].
He fervently applauded my feet, shouting.
Due to that, I lost my balance and fell backward.
Even though my posture was comical, I wanted to maintain a nonchalant expression, but I failed.
I burst into insane laughter, as if I were a woman with a loose screw.
Is it really like this?
Am I going crazy?
I sat up again, determined anew.
However, it happened just when Lionel was about to bend forward in front of me.
“Why are you getting up? It’s embarrassing for someone to copy and lie down.”
I pushed his shoulders back to make him sit properly again.
I had something to say to him.
“Do you trust me?”
“No.”
“…Ah.”
His honest and quick answer made the words I was about to say crawl back into my throat.
“I don’t fully trust you yet, but I’m sure about my love.”
He confidently said, clenching his fist in front of him.
“Then, can you trust my love?”
“It falls short compared to mine, but I believe in it.”
“Alright, then. Just believe in that. But how do you know if my love is lacking or not?”
“My love is at an incomprehensible level. Therefore, your love is probably far behind mine. I guarantee it.”
“You underestimate my love.”
“If you feel unjust, prove it.”
Lionel teased me as he lay down on the bed.
I reached out toward the bedside table to turn off the light.
“Coward.”
Lionel muttered in a low voice, pressing his lips tightly.
I paused my hand, heading toward the light switch, as he spoke.
“What? What did you say?”
“Must the light be turned off? It’s dark enough as it is. One light can be left on.”
“But still…”
It’s embarrassing.
I hesitated and tried to turn off the light again.
“I want to see.”
He grabbed my wrist as if brushing it away.
“…What?”
“The look in your eyes, the expression when we share love. Let’s leave one on. Okay?”
Lionel pleaded.
“Then just for tonight… Ugh.”
As soon as I gave permission, Lionel, who had been looking down at me as he lay, instantly took over me.
His radiant face cast shadows over my face.
I spat out the words I had been holding in my heart.
“Love me, please.”
His desire reflected in his eyes poured down on me.
Lionel gently bit my lower lip and whispered in a painful voice.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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