Chapter 20

Her face, always flushed, was now completely pale, like someone awaiting death. Kallian, displeased by her expression, released her wrists and gently stroked her chin and cheek. When Eileen’s eyes finally focused on his movement, Kallian smiled, satisfied.

“How will you prove that the child born from your womb is mine?”

“…Your Highness.”

“Do you think it’s right to call off the marriage even now? Eileen, answer me.”

She trembled. She looked so weak and fragile that Kallian almost embraced her. Despite his anger at what she had done, he could endure because he had already set his heart on her.

Otherwise, there would be no reason to respect a bride who had already given her body and heart to another.

“I, I…”

“Show me your heart, Eileen.”

At Kallian’s sudden words, Eileen rolled her eyes, not understanding his intention, so he gently lifted her chin with one hand.

“This is said to be a place where lovers often have secret rendezvous.”

“Kallian.”

“Would you allow your body to me as well?”

Despite Kallian’s gentle voice, Eileen could not understand what he wanted. She was certain her relationship with Leios had been discovered, and she thought the engagement with the Empire was completely broken. The possible consequences raced through her mind. Yet, Kallian did not seem intent on severing his relationship with her.

Not knowing what to say, she bit her lips, and Kallian smiled faintly. Even in this state of anger, he marveled at his own desire to bite those small lips. He had never been so generous to a woman before.

“I don’t intend to be angry about you sleeping with another man. I won’t be, not now and not ever.”

“K-Kallian, that’s…”

“But it’s unfair if you give yourself only to Leios Dreikan. After all, I am to be your husband, am I not?”

Kallian moved a little closer to Eileen, noticing her wrist, reddened from his grip, and looked regretful. Watching this, Eileen became confused. He said he was not angry about her sleeping with Leios, but seemed negative about Leios’s existence itself.

“…When you say you’re not angry about me sleeping with another man, does that mean you want to maintain this engagement, Your Highness?”

“Ah, again. You should call me Kallian, not ‘Your Highness’, my lovely princess.”

He gently stroked Eileen’s thin, swollen wrist as he continued.

“I have no intention of hurting you, Eileen. Of course, if you refuse my proposal now, our engagement will end here.”

“…Your proposal?”

“Leios Dreikan, yes, fine. Wouldn’t you want to accept him not as your lover, but as your official second husband someday?”

At the mention of Leios’s status, Eileen snapped to attention. Alone together in the eerie garden, seeing the prince’s n*ked anger, she thought everything was over, but Kallian was making her a sweet proposal. One she could not refuse.

“…You’re saying you’ll acknowledge my relationship with Leios?”

“Of course, if you accept my proposal.”

Kallian saw a glimmer of hope in her wavering eyes. It irked him that he could not completely break her tie with Leios Dreikan, but this was not a bad compromise. Sharing her might even make life more interesting.

He curled his lips into a smile, leaned in, and whispered as he traced her ear with his hand.

“If you don’t dislike me as a man, give your body to me as well.”

“Kallian.”

“Before you give Leios Dreikan a child, you must bear my child first, Eileen. Show proper respect to your first husband.”

It was both an ultimatum and the best opportunity given to her. Eileen, her gaze steady, reached out and wrapped both arms around Kallian’s neck, past his shoulders. The soft skin at the nape of his neck sent a shiver through her body.

‘I have her.’

Kallian clearly heard someone whisper this at his ear. He waited for her next move with the most beautiful and seductive expression he could muster. Eileen slowly rose and looked down at him from above. Her smooth skin and slightly faded blue eyes stared straight at him.

“You’re like a goddess.”

Kallian looked up at her in ecstasy. Eileen’s body gradually pressed against his, then settled onto him as if embracing him. When her ripe, fruit-like lips finally touched his, Kallian felt all his suppressed, dark desires being released at once.

“Mmm, hnnn…”

Their lips met in an instant, and the taste was sweeter than expected. Kallian pulled her into his arms, fully enclosing her. The scent was so intense that even the fragrance of roses couldn’t reach his nose. Each time he sucked on her lips, her soft m*ans escaped between their mouths. The precarious tug-of-war was now completely over. Seeing the lady’s frightened face was not his preference, but since it was Eileen, he found it worth savoring.

“You’re so d*mn beautiful. I’ve never wanted a woman this much before.”

Kallian whispered low at her ear, then kissed her cherry-red lips again, slipping his soft tongue between them and devouring her like a beast in heat. From the roof of her mouth to the ends of her teeth, he left nothing untouched. All of this was to erase any trace of Leios Dreikan. Kallian laughed as he devoured Eileen’s lips. The situation was exciting enough to make his eyes burn with desire, as if he might thr*st himself into her right now.

“Ah, not here, ah, ah…”

“Do you dislike the outdoors? Hm?”

Eileen, lost in his kisses, found herself lying on the grass of the garden. She had allowed him her lips, but the fact that she was doing something so l*stful in a place she had played since childhood shocked her. But it was too late to go inside Rozalian Palace and borrow a bedroom. Even if all the attendants had been sent away, it would be hard to hide that an unmarried princess was moaning wantonly with a foreign prince.

“Hnn, just… here…”

“S*x outdoors isn’t so bad. Those who sneaked out of the banquet must have thr*st and spread their legs here countless times.”

“Mmm, so vulgar!”

“That face is pretty arousing too.”

Of course, Eileen was old enough to know that nobles sometimes did such things behind banquets, but being told she was no different than them made her face flush with displeasure, and Kallian laughed in response. The way she eagerly accepted his tongue during their kiss left no doubt about her lower lips. She reacted as if shocked by his lewd words, but considering she had rolled around with Leios Dreikan in the carriage or here, it was truly contradictory. Perhaps she didn’t want to admit she was l*stful herself.

“Now, shall we undress, Princess?”

Kallian, who shamelessly uttered vulgar words, was certainly different from Leios, who never shed his knightly attitude. The dress Eileen wore, changed in the dressing room, was thin and easy to remove, so when Kallian slid his hand under her back and undid a few ribbons and buttons, one side of the dress slipped off her small shoulder.

“Ha, you’ve certainly splashed paint on a canvas, haven’t you?”

“T-that’s…”

Eileen blushed, realizing what he meant by looking at her body and biting his lips. The marks Leios had left, though covered with powder, had become clearer over time. Even under the few candlesticks here, her body was visible; in bright light, it would be even more obvious.

“It doesn’t matter. Tonight, I’ll make all of these mine.”

“Ah, ahhn!”

Kallian’s lips descended on the exposed skin, sucking noisily. He sucked so hard that her fair skin flushed red wherever his lips passed. She was already a body that had lain with another. Kallian felt no need to treat her gently like a v*rgin; he followed Leios’s marks down her neck, biting and bruising her skin, determined to erase every trace.

“Ow, it hurts!”

“It hurts?”

“Hnnn…”

When she said it hurt, Kallian stuck out his tongue and licked her skin slowly. The pain mixed with a wet, ticklish sensation, making Eileen curl up on the ground. The dress barely covered her chest, but when Kallian pulled it down, her summer corset was revealed. Her skin, whiter than the corset, glowed even more. Kallian had never seen such a beautiful woman’s body.

Her bones were slender, her waist narrow, but her chest was so full it was almost dazzling. When he removed the corset, Eileen lay n*ked in the middle of the garden. The moonlight and flickering candlelight made her body look even more dreamlike.

“Haa, Eileen…”

“Hnn, mm…”

Unable to resist, Kallian kissed her lips again. He could feel her slightly swollen lips against his tongue, and he liked it. Lost in their frenzied kissing, he was soon half-n*ked himself, on top of Eileen. He kept kissing her, while his hand grabbed her ample br*ast.

“Ah!”

Even though he didn’t squeeze hard, the flesh between his fingers was enticing. The sensation was indescribably soft, and every time he kneaded her br*asts, her n*pples shook wildly.

“Ah, ahh, Kallian, it tickles.”

“You’re so beautiful, Eileen. It pains me that this body was taken by another man.”

“Ah, ahh, hnnn!”