Chapter 53

Rivera nodded vigorously.  

“Adrian, you haven’t had dinner, right? Should I ask the butler to prepare something? The other knights need to eat too.”  

“That would be good.”  

“Then I’ll go ask them to prepare it quickly. All they need to do is heat up the food, right? I’ll go talk to them.”  

Rivera hurriedly ran toward the mansion, saying she would prepare it quickly. However, Adrian grabbed her arm and didn’t let go.  

“Huh? What’s wrong?”  

Adrian opened his lips, trying to say something he hadn’t been able to for a long time.  

“After dinner, if you have time, can we talk?”  

“Is there something you want to say?”  

Adrian nodded.  

“I don’t want to hide it anymore.”  

It was time to reveal the last secret he hadn’t been able to share.  

***

Pacing nervously around the room, Rivera stopped walking when she saw Adrian sitting on the sofa.  

“What you just said… is it true?”  

After dinner, Adrian had washed up and sat Rivera on the bed. His hesitance and inability to speak right away made Rivera feel something was odd. 

She couldn’t understand what kind of secret made him hesitate so much. Still, she waited, hoping he would speak first. Finally, after much deliberation, he opened his mouth.  

— I can read people’s thoughts.  

Rivera looked at him, puzzled by his words, but he was serious.  

— It might sound like a joke, but it’s not.  

— Don’t say ridiculous things. How could you possibly read people’s thoughts? Oh! Is it something like telepathy?  

She couldn’t believe it. Not until he mentioned the name of a certain woman.  

— Seo Jian.  

— How do you know that…?  

Adrian smiled bitterly.  

***

On a warm spring day, Rivera finally wore the wedding dress she had longed for. Dressed as a pure white bride with a long veil, the thought of entering the wedding hall made her palms sweat. It felt completely different from the engagement ceremony.  

— I told you, I can read people’s thoughts.  

She had never heard of such an ability before. She had read articles about mages researching telepathy because it wasn’t possible even with magic, but for Adrian to have such an ability was unbelievable.  

‘Now that I think about it, there were so many strange things.’  

At odd moments, he would blush or look flustered, acting awkwardly out of place. It was all because he had been reading her thoughts.  

‘I’ve had so many inappropriate thoughts….’  

Rivera glanced at him sideways.  

‘Could he have read those too?’  

Adrian nodded.  

“Yes, I knew everything.”  

“Don’t read them!!”  

“I already read them….”  

“I said don’t read them!!”  

“I can’t control it.”  

Her face turned red with embarrassment. She stuttered, unable to form coherent words. 

Should I hide behind the furniture or crawl under the sofa? 

As she debated, their eyes met again, and she frowned.  

“Answer me honestly. From where to where did you read my thoughts?”  

Adrian sighed deeply and began folding his fingers.  

“Well, three years ago, when you were in my study and saw that book… you thought it would be nice if I….”  

“Ahhh!! Stop!!”  

“You told me to say it.”  

She threw cushions at him, which Adrian caught and placed back beside her.  

“When you were reading that expl*cit book and thought about wanting to watch me with another woman in the stables, that wasn’t even the worst of it. You had even wilder imaginations.”  

“Ugh!! Why! Why would you tell me something so important only now?!”  

“I wanted to tell you. But it’s also a family secret, and by the time I trusted you enough to share it, I had already overheard so much that I missed the timing.”  

Rivera’s eyes welled up with tears.  

“Sniff… You still should have told me.”  

Adrian placed a cushion back into her arms.  

“Do you want to hit me?”  

“No!”  

“Then should I make you want to hit me?”  

What was he even saying?  

She sighed in frustration, but Adrian kept reminding her of memories she had forgotten.  

“Remember when you said you wanted to try it on horseback? At that time, I seriously wondered if I needed to study….”  

Thud!  

This time, the cushion burst open. But Rivera didn’t care and grabbed another pillow to hit him with.  

“You scoundrel! You idiot!”  

For the first time, she grabbed him by the collar.  

“Did you really have to say it out loud? How could you deceive me for over ten years? Why would you hide such a secret?!”  

She felt like her life was over.  

‘I should jump. I’ll just jump.’  

Rivera’s gaze shifted to the window next to Adrian. Her ruined life left her with no regrets.  

“Rivera, look at me.”  

But Adrian grabbed her hand, preventing her from running away. Rivera closed her eyes tightly.  

“If you don’t want me to read your thoughts, there’s a way to block it.”  

“Really?”  

“Yes. If you wear a holy relic, I can’t read your thoughts. That’s why High Priest Antonio gave you this. To prevent me from reading your mind.”  

Sniffling, Rivera held the bracelet in her hand and looked at Adrian.  

“Then why didn’t you tell me this earlier?”  

Once again, he remained silent. He couldn’t admit that he found her thoughts too adorable to stop secretly enjoying them.  

“You’re not answering?”  

That only fueled Rivera’s anger.  

【 I Can Hear Your Voice 】  

After Rivera discovered the truth, Adrian begged for forgiveness. No matter what, reading her thoughts was undoubtedly wrong.  

However, when he mentioned that the Holy Relic could block thoughts, she decided to calm down for the time being.  

“Ah, w-wait… uh, ngh… response…”  

Every time he moved his hips, his black hair rippled like waves. The glossy sheen of his hair blurred her vision.  

When she looked into Adrian’s glowing red eyes, heat surged through her body. Even though he was smiling silently, it felt as though she could hear his desires—wanting to defile her, to ruin her.  

“Ah… not there…!”  

Rivera tilted her head back and bit her lower lip. Her vision flashed as if struck by lightning.  

“Do you like it here?”  

His lips, as deeply colored as his crimson eyes, were captivating and beautiful.  

As he moved his smooth member inside her, he stimulated Rivera in every way. Seeing her clutching the sheets and trying to suppress her moans made him want to wield his “club” even more roughly.  

Unable to contain his overflowing strength, Adrian grabbed Rivera’s chest and bit the hardened tip of her n*pple.  

“Ugh… haah! Ah… it hurts… ah!”  

The deeply thrusting member reached her innermost depths. The sturdy bed creaked, and she spread her already open legs even wider.  

“Tighten down there more. That way, it’ll feel better.”  

He spoke as if hypnotizing her, telling her to rely only on the sensation of his member—its shape, its thickness. Each time he pushed in and pulled out, Rivera’s lips trembled uncontrollably.  

“How is it? Does it seem thicker than your arm?”  

Even while moving his hips, Adrian kept observing Rivera’s reactions.  

She nodded her head frantically, trying to stifle her moans but eventually let out a desperate cry, unable to hold back any longer.  

“Ugh, ngh! Ah… Adrian… please!”  

Hearing the woman he loved call out his name while beneath him, Adrian felt there was nothing more he could ask for.  

“Just hold on a bit longer. I’ll take you somewhere good.”  

With every thrust of his hips, he dragged along her inner walls, making her cry out.  

Her disheveled hair swayed messily. Rivera kept letting out moans, and when it felt like he was hitting too deep, she arched her back. She tried to cover her mouth with the back of her hand to suppress herself, but she was helpless against his movements.  

Feeling he might have been too rough, Adrian gently massaged the inside of her thighs to help her relax. However, Rivera never imagined that this was merely preparation for him to move even more intensely.  

“I love you.”  

Lifting her chin, he slipped his tongue into her open mouth. Wrapping around her tongue and sucking on it, Adrian spoke in a soft voice.  

“I’ve loved you since the moment we first met.”  

It was a sudden confession. Rivera, sobbing, asked him.  

“Why… why do you love me?”  

“Just… no reason. I love you for no reason. I loved everything about you—your smiling face, your crying face. Whenever I looked at you, I’d lose track of time, completely mesmerized.”  

Because of this, Adrian deeply regretted and reflected on his past actions.  

“I spent so long loving you from afar, and now that I finally have you, the thought of losing you drives me insane.”  

Rivera gazed at Adrian quietly.  

“I can’t promise I’ll never hurt you. But I swear I’ll live my whole life looking only at you. So, please, trust me just this once.”  

Finally, he said the words he had been unable to say for so long.  

“Until the day I die, my feelings for you will never change.”  

“Never change.” 

Stroking her hair, he positioned his veined, stiff member below her navel, making his presence known as he spoke to her.  

“Be careful not to bite your tongue.”  

His member slid in.  

“…!”  

Rivera tensed, knowing full well that the thing throbbing inside her wouldn’t lose its strength after just one climax.  

As he thrust deeply, striking her cervix, he pulled her arms toward him. Already overwhelmed by the power surging through her, Rivera began to feel intense pleasure from the even stronger force. When he rotated his hips in circles while thrusting, her body trembled uncontrollably.  

Not wanting her to reach climax alone, Adrian grabbed Rivera’s br*asts, distorting their shape as he massaged them. Rivera felt a mix of pain and pleasure simultaneously.  

“Ah, ah, ahhh!!”  

Adrian, while caressing her chest and biting down on her sensitive tips, used his free hand to rub her cl*toris rapidly. Receiving multiple forms of stimulation at once, Rivera couldn’t hold back any longer. It felt as though something was about to explode from deep within her.  

Sensing this, Adrian began thrusting faster, and soon, his thick s*men spurted into her, filling her insides.