What the h*ll was going on?

A chilling feeling washed over me in an instant. Everyone was asleep, and right now, only Sir Chalmonte and I were alone in my room.

Goosebumps spread across my entire body, so I slowly turned my head toward the direction that felt cold.

When I looked back, I saw Count Lindsey staring at Sir Chalmonte and me with an icy gaze. Only then did I realize he was the person Sir Chalmonte was talking about.

There was no trace of shyness in him. The atmosphere around him was completely different, like a shell of innocence had been peeled away.

“D*mn it. As expected, the Imperial family can’t be trusted.”

Count Lindsey’s eyes were filled with murderous intent. It wasn’t directed at me. It was aimed at Sir Chalmonte.

“I didn’t know you had a hobby of sneaking into a lady’s bedroom late at night.”

“If I don’t sneak in like this, there’s no opportunity to talk.”

Sir Chalmonte, who had returned to his original self, sharply retorted to Count Lindsey’s words. At that moment, a tense confrontation unfolded between the two men.

Then Count Lindsey raised his index finger and lightly drew a circle. A small flame rose above it and attacked Sir Chalmonte. However, the flame disappeared before it even reached Sir Chalmonte.

“You know that since I’m a bug, things like this don’t work on me.”

Sir Chalmonte laughed like it was nothing. He seemed like a completely different person from when he was talking with me just moments ago. His eyes, revealing murderous intent toward Count Lindsey, looked like a savage hyena.

The moment Sir Chalmonte’s gaze turned toward me, goosebumps rose all over my body again. He spoke to me with a calm expression.

“Lady Richmond, Count Lindsey may seem innocent and sincere on the outside. But he’s not. In reality, he’s toying with you.”

“Angela, that b*stard tried to kill you. Surely you don’t believe what he says?”

Sir Chalmonte and Count Lindsey both claimed the other was lying. They looked at me and sent desperate gazes, asking me to believe them.

Both men reached out their hands to me. I was confused about who to choose.

Whose words were true? When I was alone with each of them, their atmospheres were completely different, so I couldn’t believe either of them.

Standing at this crossroads of choice and decision, I wished the System window would appear to help me choose, but once again the System ignored me.

No, now that I think about it, it hasn’t appeared before me since I disobeyed orders and ran away. Did something really go wrong when I fell into the water?

If my guess was correct, this situation was entirely mine to handle on my own. Since I couldn’t decide rashly, I fell into thought for a moment.

Should I believe the man who continued to love and care for me, or should I believe the man who tried to kill me?

Normally, I should have chosen Count Lindsey. Hadn’t I decided to accept his proposal? That’s what I should do, but…

Sir Chalmonte’s words kept echoing in my ears. Although he tried to kill me, his claims felt somehow credible. But I couldn’t believe him blindly…

I was so confused about whose words to believe that I couldn’t make an immediate decision. Then Sir Chalmonte, reading my mind, shouted with an urgent expression.

“Count Lindsey is a villain. He’s shaking this world. So you must never let him toy with you. You mustn’t believe his love is real!”

Those were the words Count Richmond had said to me. Did he say Count Lindsey had the power to destroy the world?

Since Sir Chalmonte was saying the same thing, my heart swayed toward him. Then Count Lindsey shouted at Sir Chalmonte with a furious face.

“What do you know to spout such nonsense?”

“I already know all about your plan. You think I’ll let you have your way?”

The argument between the two men continued. I looked at them with confused eyes and agonized. I needed to choose carefully at times like this, but I felt I shouldn’t drag it out too long.

I looked back and forth between the two men, then reached out my hand. Joy and sorrow crossed the two men’s expressions.

I chose Count Lindsey.

I wanted to take Sir Chalmonte’s hand, the one who tried to send me back to my original life, but I couldn’t because I wanted to believe Count Lindsey’s feelings were genuine.

Hadn’t he saved me when I almost died? So this choice was natural.

“Well then. I’ll retreat for today, but I hope you’ll remember my words.”

Sir Chalmonte, who wasn’t chosen, immediately fled out the window, and Count Lindsey looked at me with moved eyes.

“May I consider that you’ve accepted my proposal?”

Before my conversation with Sir Chalmonte, I would have said “yes.” But now, the thought of accepting his proposal had disappeared. Even though I chose him, I wasn’t completely trusting him.

“No. I can’t do that.”

“Didn’t you clearly think about accepting my proposal yesterday?”

Count Lindsey seemed to notice the change in my heart. But that was only until before I talked with Sir Chalmonte, so I had to clearly state my feelings.

“I thought about it, but I’ve changed my mind.”

“Is it because of that Knight Commander b*stard?”

A sad light appeared in Count Lindsey’s eyes, but it soon changed to anger.

“No. I just need a little more time…”

Before I could finish my answer, Count Lindsey approached in an instant and struck the back of my neck. My eyes slowly closed from the strong impact.

I tried to resist somehow and keep my eyes open, glaring at Count Lindsey. Seeing him with the corners of his mouth raised, I felt like I’d been hit in the back of the head.

Wasn’t he the man who didn’t know what to do because he liked me so much? I believed his heart was still sincere, but was it all lies, just like Sir Chalmonte said?

I felt like I shouldn’t collapse like this, but I couldn’t hold on any longer. My eyes closed without me realizing it, and I lost consciousness.

* * *

“Ugh, ungh.”

The squelching sound of water grated on my nerves, and a fishy smell pricked my nose. I frowned deeply and shook my head.

“Ahh. Angela. Ungh!”

The moment I opened my eyes, what I saw before me was Count Lindsey m*sturbating by himself. Count Lindsey was completely n*ked, rapidly shaking his c*ck while calling my name. 

He made an expression of ecstasy while looking at my face.

Shocked by the scene before me, I lost my words and just stared at Count Lindsey.

He knocked me out, kidnapped me, and now he’s even m*sturbating in front of me.

What he was doing with that innocent face was truly vile. It was absurd, but somehow I also felt relieved. It seemed that his words about loving me weren’t a lie after all.

“Haah, haah.”

Was that why? Strangely, the sight of the man exhaling rough breaths and intoxicated with ecstasy looked sensual.

My gaze went there without me realizing it. My mouth felt parched, so I swallowed.

Was it my imagination that he looked even more obscene than when I secretly watched him m*sturbate last time?

When I thought about wanting to put that huge c*ck inside me, my private place slowly began to get wet. I wanted to tell Count Lindsey to hurry and thrust it into me.

But the moment my gaze turned to the floor, I could immediately dismiss such thoughts. Because of how much he’d been spilling, there was quite a lot of white fluid poured out on the floor.

How much did he do while I was unconscious? While I was frowning deeply, Count Lindsey seemed to finally notice I’d regained consciousness.

“You’re awake.”

Color returned to his face, and he stopped m*sturbating and approached me. Shouldn’t he wipe his thoroughly wet member with a towel?

He approached me with his thing standing tall up to his navel, showing it as it was.

Belatedly, I checked where I was. Though this was my first time here, I thought I knew where this was. It must be Count Lindsey’s villa. He must have brought me to the place he kept asking me to go.

Right now I was lying on a bed, my hands stretched upward and shackled. And my body…

What do you mean he didn’t attack me?

My thought that Count Lindsey hadn’t touched me just moments ago was my mistake. I was n*ked, and my body was covered with bruises. Judging by that, he clearly bit and sucked on my body while I was unconscious.

I tried somehow to undo the shackles binding my hands, but it was useless. Since I was bound by chains, the more I struggled, the more wounds formed on my wrists.

“Let me out of here.”

“If you promise to marry me, I’ll release you.”

He still couldn’t look at my face properly, but his voice was firm.

“In this situation, do you think I’ll meekly accept your proposal?”

Why does he keep forcing me to accept his proposal? I couldn’t understand Count Lindsey’s attitude, and I didn’t want to understand it. I just wanted to escape from here as quickly as possible.

“D-don’t come closer!”

I shouted desperately, but Count Lindsey ignored my words and climbed on top of me.

I struggled and tried to push Count Lindsey away, but my ankle was easily caught by him. He mounted me and pressed his lips against mine.

His tongue roughly entered my mouth. He mercilessly traced my teeth and sucked on the mucous membrane. The violent act made me dizzy.

He sucked on my tongue like he would swallow it down to the root. I couldn’t come to my senses from the tingling sensation.

“Haah!”

Only after our lips parted did a moan burst out from deep in my throat. Meanwhile, his fingers pushed into the narrow hole.

“Ungh!”

“You’re already wet just from me putting my hand in.”

Count Lindsey smiled with satisfaction and gently scraped the inner walls. Everywhere his fingers touched felt ticklish yet heat rose. If I received greater stimulation when I was already reacting like this to light touches, it seemed I’d have trouble maintaining my reason.

“Are you going to keep resisting?”

“Pull it out, pull it out right now!”

I shouldn’t waver to his touch. I tried to endure somehow. The stimulation of his fingers violating every corner was considerable. I was going crazy from him thrusting around with his fingers.

The problem was that my body’s sensitivity was good right now. It tightly squeezed the invader that entered inside and leaked love juices.

“I’ll just stimulate your weak spots, so you can just enjoy it.”

Enjoy what?

I tried not to feel pleasure somehow, but my body betrayed my head.

I couldn’t come to my senses from him stimulating my weak spots. I wanted to struggle somehow, but I couldn’t put strength into my body. Instead, it relaxed languidly.

I squeezed out strength somehow and kicked Count Lindsey with my foot, but his body was solid like a rock and didn’t even budge.

D*mn it! I can’t let myself be dragged around like this!

I tried to endure by biting my lips tightly.

“Oh my, oh my. You’re bleeding.”

Perhaps because I bit too hard, blood trickled from inside my mouth. Seeing me like that, Count Lindsey became restless.

He removed his hand from my body and flustered about. Then belatedly, he took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped my lips.

I was the one bleeding, but Count Lindsey’s eyes were moist like he was the one hurt. If he’s going to worry about me like that, shouldn’t he release me?

Seeing his contradictory behavior, could I have a little hope?

“You don’t like it when I’m in pain. So let me go.”

“Yes, when you’re in pain, I’m in pain too.”

“Then release me. The more this continues, the harder it gets for me.”

I tried somehow to provoke the sympathy of Count Lindsey, who had feelings for me.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t simply let you go.”

However, what came back was a firm attitude. He pushed his hand into the narrow hole and stirred it around.

Squelch, obscene wet sounds echoed throughout the room. Yet he tilted his head to one side, seemingly still unsatisfied.

Count Lindsey lowered his face between my legs and buried his head there.

“Ahhh!”