“Is it over already? Didn’t you say we’d keep going until it wasn’t a mistake anymore?”

Karina licked her lips while provoking Dominic, who was looking at her with desperate, intense eyes. The invitation was unmistakable.

She gave her permission not to hold back. Dominic wasn’t foolish enough to pretend not to understand that.

“Not a chance.”

The moment her plump red lips caught his eye, that was the end. Karina closed her eyes. Something soft invaded her mouth and began entangling with her tongue.

* * *

“Hnng… Do-Dominic…”

Karina’s body trembled as she straddled Dominic. Each time he thrust his hips, her body rose and fell repeatedly. Due to gravity, Dominic’s p*nis penetrated even deeper inside her.

Their hands were firmly clasped together to prevent escape. She had already lost count of how many times they’d done it. It was hard to believe this was the same body that hadn’t known a woman until just days ago.

The result of provoking him was remarkable.

In the standard position, with hands on the bed while standing, on all fours from behind like a dog, pressed against the wall while lifted in the air, while seated on the sofa, bent over the desk.

Dominic took Karina in positions she’d never imagined, and in places she’d never dreamed of. The love juices and unshed s*men turned to foam from their continued back-and-forth motion, leaking out and drying white between her legs.

Now he knew that when Karina’s body trembled, it was right before reaching her peak. Dominic timed it to reach climax together with her. He tightly embraced Karina as she collapsed powerlessly onto him. His p*nis was still buried inside her.

Karina’s voice was completely hoarse from how much she had moaned. Her throat felt dry in the cold, arid northern air. Karina mumbled that she wanted water.

Hearing this, Dominic got up. They were still joined as one. Lightly lifting her up, Dominic walked to the table where the water bottle was. Only after setting Karina on the table did their bodies separate. As soon as he pulled out, the s*men that had been trapped inside her body trickled out, wetting the table.

He took water in his mouth from the bottle and kissed her. His p*nis responded again to Karina who naturally opened her mouth to receive the water.

“Give me a break. I really have no strength left.”

Karina said in a weak voice.

The sky that had been bright when Dominic arrived had become dim at some point. Only now did Karina realize how much time had passed. They had been so focused on s*x that she’d lost track of time, to the point where she could barely feel her lower half anymore.

“Are you even human? How can a person be like this…”

The original work was complete lies. Calling this man premature? Good heavens.

“You’ve had water. Now what else do you want?”

“I want to wash…”

Dominic lifted Karina, supporting her legs and back. In their n*ked state, he opened the door and went outside toward the lake. He slowly entered the hot spring prepared in front of the lodging while carrying Karina.

Though it was summer, the north was pleasantly cool. Her tired body immediately relaxed as she entered the hot spring. Dominic sat Karina on his lap.

“Mmm.”

“Let’s compromise with each other.”

Her whimpering stopped at his terrifying words about maintaining skin contact instead of having s*x.

“Naughty hands.”

“If you say that when I’m trying to hold back, it might hurt my feelings and make me do something really naughty.”

She said it in disbelief at his hands slowly moving toward her br*asts, but the trajectory of his hands changed. They passed through the soft hair between her legs and played with the gap his c*ck had entered and exited so many times today.

“It’s swollen. Does it hurt?”

“Whose fault do you think that is?”

“I wonder if you know the saying ‘you reap what you sow.’ Who told you to make things turn out this way?”

“Ha, really. How was I supposed to know you’d chase me all the way here?”

Karina partially gave up on Dominic’s playful touches on her br*asts and below. Now she knew that Dominic, who claimed ownership of her entire body as if his previous plain demeanor had been complete lies, wasn’t someone who would listen if she told him to stop.

“I should have run somewhere farther.”

She said words she didn’t mean. An immediate response came to those words.

“Even if you had run somewhere farther than here, I would have found you right away.”

The hands that had been fondling her br*asts regretfully embraced her tightly. The strength of the muscular arms holding Karina’s waist conveyed his intention to never let her go.

“Isn’t this too much though?”

Because she didn’t dislike Dominic’s reaction, Karina deflected dishonestly.

“What is?”

“The order is all wrong, terribly wrong.”

Karina splashed the water’s surface.

“Doing such indecent things without a love confession, making marriage a foregone conclusion without a proposal. How can this be?”

“I love you. I’ll say it until you’re sick of hearing it, so please bear with me.”

Dominic said as he kissed the nape of Karina’s neck who was grumbling. His voice was more sincere than anything else. After saying that, Dominic stood up.

“Is the water too hot? Your face is red.”

“A-a bit? It is hot…”

“Still, stay in the water. You might catch a cold if you’re not properly submerged up to your neck.”

“Wh-where are you going?”

“I think I need to go inside briefly to get towels and robes.”

It was a night with a brilliantly bright moon. After seeing Dominic’s n*ked body without an ounce of excess fat, Karina quickly turned around. It was funny to act this way now, but she couldn’t help it. She was embarrassed.

“Hah… This is driving me crazy.”

Dominic had already been her favorite in <Where Her Eyes Fall>. Now that they had become intimate, his already handsome face looked even more handsome. While before she had just thought he had a nice body, now that she knew more about how that body embraced her, how firm and warm it was, naturally brought back memories of their heated time in bed.

As Karina knocked her head repeatedly, muttering to please get a grip, she heard the door opening again. When she turned around, Dominic was walking toward her, n*ked with just a shower robe on.

His somewhat stiff face looked like someone who was nervous.

Dominic came right up to the hot spring but didn’t enter the water, standing in front of Karina.

“Wh-what is it?”

A flustered Karina stumbled over her words. In front of her, Dominic took something out that he had put in the shower robe pocket. It was a letter.

He had completely forgotten about what he had been carrying with him constantly since deciding to propose to Karina. Her criticism reminded him of it just now, but he had hesitated before bringing it out.

How embarrassing it would be to read a letter he had written himself. And the letter, which he had revised over several days of contemplation, contained his pure emotions. However, Dominic chose embarrassment lest she feel hurt by his poor way with words. Only Karina, she alone, could make him like this.

“To my dear Lady Crawford.”

Dominic began slowly reading the letter.

<To my dear Lady Crawford,
By the time you read this letter, being as perceptive as you are, you will have already realized that I am attempting to propose.
Though I rewrote this many times, elegant expressions don’t resonate well with me, so I’m afraid I can only tell this ungraceful story.>

Dominic briefly shifted his gaze from the letter to Karina. Seeing her reaction of blinking in complete surprise as if she hadn’t expected this at all, Dominic slowly took a deep breath.

“I am not more entertaining than others.”

He continued reading the letter.

<I am not more entertaining than others. I cannot say things I don’t mean, and I lack the ability to take jokes as jokes.
But there is one thing I can say clearly. The fact that I will love you more than anyone else in the world. I am confident I can love you more than myself.
You told me. That there would be better women than you. That it wasn’t you.
But you were wrong. It has to be you.
Because I have already been tamed by you this way.
You must be by my side.
Though our beginning may have been chance, now I want to share all my moments with you.>

The final words written in the proposal letter had to be said while looking into Karina’s eyes. Putting the letter in his pocket, Dominic knelt on one knee in front of her and held something out.

When he opened the small box, there was a sparkling ring inside. Tears began to fill Karina’s eyes.

“For all my remaining days, I will always cherish and love you. Thank you for listening to my story that day, for coming to me, Karina Crawford.”

“Hic…”

“Will you marry me?”

Unable to speak aloud, Karina kept nodding her head. In this situation, she couldn’t say no even as a joke. Though the answer was already decided, Dominic, who had nervously held out the ring, finally relaxed. He slipped the ring onto Karina’s left ring finger. The ring that fit perfectly, as if measured with a ruler, sparkled on her finger.

“I never expected to receive a proposal while n*ked.”

“Likewise. I never thought I’d be reading this letter wearing only a robe.”

“Aren’t you cold?”

“Not particularly.”

“Really? I feel like I could go one more time right now. But if you don’t want to, that’s fine.”

Karina turned around quickly with her ears turning red. Behind her, there was a splash.

“On second thought, I am cold. I’ve never felt such a cold wave in my life.”

Karina burst out laughing at Dominic’s words. Dominic grabbed her shoulders and made her face him. She looked happy. And he knew. That his expression must be no different from Karina’s.

Neither initiated it first. Their shadows overlapped as their lips met.