Ahin let out a suppressed groan and creased his eyes.

But that was not something Sierra could control.

Every time something firm and hot stirred within her, her mind went completely blank.

When Ahin pressed in deeply, as though to pierce through her entirely, her lower abdomen clenched involuntarily. It gripped him tightly, as though refusing to let go.

“Hng…… I, I don’t want this.”

Sierra shook her head frantically.

A strange, simmering sensation kept building and building. As though it might burst at any moment.

“You say you don’t want it, and yet……”

Ahin smiled with a sharp edge and taunted her.

“……Your body is honest.”

Ahin’s heated gaze dropped downward to where they were pressed together.

“……!”

Sierra felt ashamed of being so fully exposed before Ahin. She tried to close her legs. But Ahin’s broad waist blocked her, making even that impossible.

Ahin gripped Sierra’s slender ankle and spread it to the side as he spoke.

“Sierra, you need to open up properly.”

Sierra squeezed her eyes shut, as though trying to shut out the thrilling pleasure climbing up her spine.

It was because every time she met his red eyes, her lower abdomen seemed to clench tighter.

Creak, creak.

The faster the bed’s noise grew, the higher Sierra’s whimpers rose as well.

“……Hng!”

In an instant Sierra’s body went rigid, and then her hips gave a sudden jolt.

At the same moment, a low, hazy sound like a languid sigh escaped from Ahin’s lips. His breath breaking against her ear was hot and ragged.

“Ha……”

Ahin gripped Sierra’s chest firmly and savored the lingering moment.

The quiet bedchamber was filled with nothing but the sound of ragged, heaving breaths.

Sierra closed her eyes, enveloped in a pleasant, boneless exhaustion.

‘How did I…… end up like this……’

She wanted to wash her sweat-soaked body, but the bed was far too soft. She was so utterly drained that she felt she might fall asleep at any moment.

Just then, Sierra sensed that what had been filling her was showing signs of something unusual.

‘Why is this, already……?’

At the same time, a tingling pleasure rose alongside a burdensome pressure.

‘This will not do.’

Sierra tried to raise her body. But Ahin’s movement was faster.

“And where do you think you are going.”

Ahin grabbed Sierra’s ankle and pulled her down swiftly. As quickly as it was embarrassing, given how she had shuffled all the way up to the headboard.

“S, stop……”

Ahin lifted Sierra’s hips high.

The bedchamber was thick with hot, humid air, but the air that touched her exposed skin felt cool.

Goosebumps rose along her forearms at the same moment Ahin positioned himself behind her.

“……!”

A tight, pressing sensation surged through her.

Sierra shuddered and whimpered. But Ahin showed no intention of releasing her, only growing more intense with each passing moment.

Sierra buried her face in the pillow. She felt as though she might melt from the heat.

‘This should not be happening……’

She kept repeating those words in her mind.

But every time Ahin drove in deep and hard, she could not think properly.

“Ha……”

She could only sob openly.

‘Yes. Tonight is the first and the last.’

Even as Sierra tried to make sense of the situation, he continued to press in deep and hard.

—

“Hah, hah……”

Sierra ran and ran, but the black dog kept barking loudly and following close behind.

Running fast while constantly looking back over her shoulder, Sierra caught her foot on a stone.

Not missing the brief moment she stumbled, the black dog pounced on Sierra.

Was she going to be devoured like this?

The black dog on top of her, baring its sharp teeth and growling, was terrifying. But its blazing red eyes felt somehow familiar.

Sierra thrashed about trying to shake off the wild dog clinging to her and cried out.

“P, please! D, don’t bite me.”

“Then make me a promise. Sierra.”

‘A dog that speaks?’

Sierra looked closely at the black dog.

‘No, is it a wolf?’

More importantly, the fact that this beast, whether dog or wolf, knew her name was what truly mattered.

“Wh, what kind of promise.”

“That you will not run away from me.”

Just as Sierra furrowed her brow in puzzlement despite her fear, a small black puppy appeared from somewhere and wriggled its way into Sierra’s arms.

It vaguely resembled the large black dog, but perhaps because of its small size, it was quite adorable.

For that reason, it was not frightening.

“……?”

The small dog stuck out its cute little tongue and licked Sierra’s cheek. Its pink little paws padded across various spots on Sierra’s face.

“……It tickles. St, stop it!”

Pushing the small dog away and squirming about, Sierra soon opened her eyes.

“……”

The moment she woke from the dream, she realized she had just dreamed the ridiculous dream of being chased by a black wolf.

Yet her body still felt heavy.

Sierra glanced downward. Arms of steel-hard muscle were wrapped around her body.

Sierra rolled her eyes to look beside her. Immediately her gaze became entangled with eyes as red as a blazing sun.

“……!”

The person resting their chin on their hand and gazing at Sierra’s face was none other than her husband, the male lead of the original story, Duke Ahin Valdevern.

As their eyes met, the red lips that had tormented Sierra throughout the night parted.

“Sierra, do you truly want to stop?”

Sierra rolled her eyes back to their original position, turning her gaze away. She tried to deny reality in that way.

Just as the familiar pattern of the ceiling that came into view began to settle her nerves slightly, the sound of a tongue clicking came from beside her.

“I asked whether you truly want to stop.”

Sierra startled violently at the sensation of warm breath settling on the back of her neck and tried to raise her body.

But Ahin’s arms were wrapped around her like vines, and she could not move an inch.

“Do you truly…… mean that?”

Ahin’s face drew close, nearly touching. Sierra stiffened and asked in return.

“A, Ahin? Why are you acting like this.”

A hoarse, cracked voice escaped from her throat, raw from crying out all night.

“Then were you sufficiently satisfied?”

Sierra cleared her throat and spoke.

“Satisfied…… wh, what do you mean?”

“I am asking whether it was enough for you to conceive an heir for Valdevern.”

Soon the events of the previous night swept through Sierra’s mind like a panorama.

‘Gulp.’

Dry saliva slid down her parched throat. Immediately Sierra’s pale cheeks flushed red.

“What were you thinking about, to turn so red like this?”

Ahin’s voice, lower than usual, settled against her ear.

Sierra hunched her shoulders.

But Ahin’s piercing gaze stayed fixed on Sierra’s face and refused to leave.

“Wh, why! Are you staring like that. Ahin, you have been acting a little strange since yesterday……”

Before Sierra could finish her words.

“……!”

Soft flesh was nipped. Sierra’s eyes went wide at the unbelievable reality.

“You are just like a perfectly ripened fruit. Makes me want to taste you……”

Ahin’s gaze as he looked at her was filled with desire.

‘Why on earth…… is he acting like this?’

But she could not continue that line of thought.

“St, stop…… Ngh!”

A m*an slipped through her tightly pressed lips despite her efforts to hold it back.

Sierra’s waist began to tremble.

‘I need to tell him to stop……’

She could not.

Ahin, who was surely inexperienced, had clearly received the full benefit of being the male lead.

Given that even for a first time, he was finding only the places that felt good and stimulating them like this.

“……”

Drawing ragged breaths as though she might collapse, Sierra gripped Ahin’s black hair.

That was the most resistance she could manage right now.

But the only thing that grew faster was the wet sound echoing through the quiet bedchamber.

At the same time, Sierra’s m*ans only climbed higher.

“……!”

The moment Ahin pressed firmly on a certain spot, Sierra’s head fell back.

Having reached her peak, Sierra’s waist arched like a bow. Her thighs trembled violently from the intense pleasure, and her toes curled.

Sierra gasped, clutching the bed sheets in her fists.

“You said to stop.”

Looking down at Sierra as she writhed in pleasure, Ahin twisted his gleaming lips upward.

Sierra turned her head away, trying to ignore the vivid traces of satisfaction left plainly on his face.

But before she could avert her gaze, Ahin’s large hand gripped Sierra’s face.

At his brief, warning gaze telling her not to look away, Sierra lifted her moist eyes and looked at Ahin.

“It seems you do know how to feel embarrassed.”

The end of Ahin’s gaze slid briefly downward. His gaze landing on the slick, wet place was scorching.

From her prior experience, Sierra understood what Ahin wanted now.

“……”

Whether from tension or otherwise, her throat tightened sharply.

—

“Phew……”

Having barely managed to free herself from Ahin, Sierra let out a long, deep sigh repeatedly.

‘I had only meant to bring up the matter of divorce, and yet somehow things ended up like this……’

“My Lady, is something troubling you?”

‘Trickle.’

The wet nurse asked as she poured tea into the milky white teacup set before Sierra.

“……Hm?”

“You have been sighing all morning, so I wondered what the matter was.”

Glancing at the wet nurse’s face, which was filled with concern for Sierra, she quickly moistened her dry throat with the tea.

“Could it be……”

The wet nurse trailed off mid-sentence and rolled her eyes.

“Could what be?”

“Could it be that Lord Ahin knows very little about women?”