“Because it’s me? I’m glad to hear that.”

His tongue traced the curve of her ear, and the fine hairs on her skin stood on end. She felt embarrassed that her flushed nape was visible to him.

Anyone could point a finger at her for being wanton, and she’d have nothing to say. One touch from him and she was completely soaked.

Even without him pressing inside her, the walls of her p*ssy had swelled and were tingling with anticipation.

Was it the warmth of the covers raising her temperature? Her whole body was burning.

“If His Highness asks for your help again, will you step forward like you did this time?”

“Hh, mmh, I should, if it means finding him, ah……”

Cleve rocked her hips with the pleasure. The hand teasing her p*ssy through her underwear moved faster and faster. Each time her wet entrance fluttered, a damp sound drifted to her ears.

“I don’t like you concerning yourself with your third husband.”

“Ah, Eldrich, that’s, mmh, mmh…… he was a, former husband. This is just, part of the investigation, hik!”

Cleve gasped as fingers pushed inside without warning. One, then two thick fingers entered, and her entrance clenched tight around them.

“Ah, too many, mmh…… ah, good…… mmh.”

Squelch, squelch.

Each time his fingers worked inside her, the sound echoed and her body rocked. The fullness was almost as overwhelming as having him inside her, and her hips twisted on their own.

His fingers dug in and dragged along the soft inner walls, and pleasure surged all at once.

“Hah!”

It was so hot and good inside that even his fingers seemed like they might melt. Slick fl*id ran down his fingers in a steady stream.

“I don’t like you caring about him.”

“Hh, mmh, mm, what am I, supposed to, hh, ahh!”

“I’d rather you not concern yourself with the investigation.”

“Hik, but, ah!”

Eldrich had been working his fingers inside her, and he stopped without warning. The pleasure had been building, wave after wave, and it cut off abruptly.

Cleve looked at him with a bewildered expression. Eldrich nibbled lightly at the curve of her ear and whispered.

“You don’t actually want to find the viscount, do you? If he came back, he might ask for his wife returned.”

“Hh, that, couldn’t, happen, ah! Ahh!”

He withdrew his fingers one by one and looked at Cleve as she panted. Her expression had gone hazy, and her body trembled.

“Cleve, his disappearance is not your fault.”

“……I know, but.”

Was it really not her fault? Cleve couldn’t be certain.

That was why she wanted the investigation to move forward. She wanted to find even a small trace of him and show everyone that it had nothing to do with her.

“But? Mm. You still intend to help.”

“Pardon? Ah! Ahh! Wait, hh, just a moment.”

The covers over Cleve were yanked aside. Her body in its thin slip was exposed.

Eldrich pushed himself upright and grabbed her legs, pulling them sharply up and over. Her body folded nearly in half, and her backside lifted into the air.

Cleve saw her own legs beside her face and began to struggle.

Her skirt had flipped up and was blocking her view.

At the same moment, she realized he was looking down at her soaked underwear.

“El, drich, hik! Ah! Ahh!”

A soft tongue pressed against her wet underwear. He gripped her backside and held her in place so she couldn’t straighten.

“Ah, ahh, no, hh, hah!”

Her underwear was already so wet it was nearly transparent, and he pressed his tongue against it and licked and teased her through the fabric.

The pleasure was so intense it felt like she wasn’t wearing anything at all. Her hands clutching the sheets were pitiful.

“Hik, ah, ahh! Ah, mmh!”

The wet friction made her head spin. Her chest tingled and heat spread through her in a rush.

Seized by overwhelming pleasure all at once, Cleve let out a high, helpless cry.

“Hh, ah, ahhhh!”

Her body trembled and she writhed through her cl*max. Eldrich didn’t release her. He kept licking and sucking at her p*ssy with relentless focus.

It felt like punishment.

“I’m easily jealous.”

Eldrich sucked at her wet p*ssy and ran his tongue over his lips.

“Hh, mmh, that’s, that’s dirty.”

“It’s nothing but sweet.”

“Stop, hah, ahh!”

Slick fl*id ran down over her backside. The swollen, flushed flesh was soaking wet. He spread the folds apart with his fingers and dragged his tongue slowly upward.

“Hik!”

Her body jolted at the sharp sensation. Her body had already reached cl*max once and responded immediately.

Each time Cleve struggled, he gripped her thighs firmly and buried his face deeper.

He sucked greedily at her entrance and pushed his tongue inside, and every time he did, the tip of his nose grazed her cl*t.

“Ah, ahh! Mmh!”

Her entrance went soft and yielding under his warm, pliant tongue. He swallowed the fl*id that poured from her in long, steady pulls. His tongue working inside her and his nose rubbing against her cl*t at the same time made Cleve grab his hair and arch her back.

“Hah! Hahh! Ahh, ahh, mmh!”

Her toes curled and her thighs shook uncontrollably. The inner walls clenching around his tongue spasmed and contracted.

He moved faster, teasing her cl*t with his tongue while pushing his fingers inside. The pleasure intensified with every thr*st, and her breathing fell apart.

“Hahh, hah! Ahh! El, drich. Mmh!”

His dark hair, caught softly between her fingers, was a complete mess from her grip. He didn’t seem to mind at all, and gave it over willingly.

He was focused entirely on pushing her to her limit. He devoured her.

“I, hh, ahh!”

Eldrich’s relentlessness finally broke her, and Cleve burst into tears. At the same moment, fl*id flooded out of her entrance in a rush. The amount was more than enough to soak through the sheets, and Eldrich smiled with satisfaction.

He set her down, and only then did the strength leave Cleve’s lower body entirely. She went limp against the bed.

“Mmh, mmh……”

She knew it wasn’t over yet, and still she couldn’t push him away.

There was no strength left to do it. Eldrich pressed his lips to her thigh and kissed his way up to her lower stomach, smiling.

“This is more than just being easily jealous. This is……”

“Do you think it’s too much?”

“……You can be excessive sometimes, Eldrich.”

He had a way of pushing people right to the edge.

“Then you should have said you wouldn’t help. I don’t want that viscount to come back.”

“Do you think I would go back to him?”

Cleve lifted her head slightly and looked at him. He had moved over her at some point, and he pressed his lips to her forehead.

“Tell me you won’t concern yourself with it.”

“But I can’t just, mmh!”

Eldrich bit gently into her bare white shoulder. The sharp sting made Cleve flinch.

“There’s no use trying to find him.”

“……What do you, mean, ah, Eldrich, not there……”

“You like it when I s*ck here.”

He took hold of her chest and parted his lips, biting softly at her n*pple.

He looked ready to torment her until he got the answer he wanted. Cleve shook her head and grabbed his shoulders.

“Hh, mmh.”

His tongue rolled over her chest, and her body grew heavy with warmth. Cleve grabbed his dark hair and tried to push him away.

“Mm, are you asking me to move lower?”

“No, that’s not it. What did you mean by what you said earlier?”

He had been biting at her chest, and he lifted his head slightly. Through her blurred vision, Cleve could see Eldrich’s red eyes.

“How would anyone hold back a person who chose to leave. Whether it was because they found you unbearable, or whether they had their own reasons for going.”

“Mmh!”

He said it in a flat, indifferent tone and bit into her chest.

“He’s already gone. And I am here beside you.”

Eldrich buried his face in Cleve’s chest, gripping it in both hands. He drew in a slow breath and ran his tongue over the soft skin.

“So focus on me.”

He kneaded her chest with a trace of irritation in his voice. His tongue made her feel like her whole body was dissolving.

Cleve had only wanted to know whether the viscount was still alive. She had wanted to show everyone that being near her didn’t mean dying. That it didn’t mean unhappiness.

But had that feeling unsettled Eldrich? His mood had shifted in a way she couldn’t quite read, and Cleve swallowed quietly.

“Eldrich, are you…… angry? I only……”

“You only wanted to help.”

Eldrich agreed with her words and let the corner of his mouth lift. He pushed himself up slightly and smoothed her hair back.

His touch settled her damp hair into place. The heat in his gaze looking down at her made Cleve exhale without meaning to.