His voice sounded miserable. Only after seeing Carlos’s devastated eyes did she notice her mistake. It was a repeat of the previous situation.

She hadn’t meant to hurt Carlos. She had held onto him wanting to clear up the misunderstanding from last time. But at this rate, it felt like they were about to cross a river of no return.

Anxiously, Ines bit her lip and clenched her fist. In this bewildering situation, she tried hard to reassure herself.

‘It’ll be fine.’

Though the makeup covering her scars had washed off after bathing, the situation was different from before. That day had been bright daylight, while now it was night.

Moreover, thanks to only a few candles being lit, she could barely make out Carlos’s silhouette. Unless he specifically looked at her back, he wouldn’t be able to see the scars.

Hadn’t Margaret said the same? That since only traces of torn flesh remained, it wouldn’t be easily noticeable. She was just getting scared preemptively because of bad memories.

After countless self-reassurances, Ines met Carlos’s eyes. Their gazes intertwined in mid-air. Ines’s trembling voice broke the silence.

“…I’ve never thought of you that way, not even once.”

With a soft rustle, the chemise slid smoothly off her skin. The thin veil covering Ines’s body disappeared.

Her bare white body stood with moonlight at her back. The curves flowing down her full br*asts, which seemed generous compared to her thin frame, held a mysterious quality.

The soft silver light created an almost otherworldly illusion, as though she weren’t human. Just as Carlos stared at her in a daze, feeling enchanted.

Ines slowly moved forward. The mattress sank softly. By the time he came to his senses, Ines had already climbed onto the bed.

The way she crawled across the bed like a cat was seductive. He remained motionless, like someone whose soul had been captured.

Soon she reached Carlos’s vicinity and settled on his thighs. Ines’s body trembled slightly with tension.

However, as if she had no intention of stopping her bold actions, she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him. It was such an inexperienced kiss.

It was completely different from the passionate kisses they had shared moments ago. If anything, it resembled their awkward but innocent first meeting.

Her eyebrows trembled as she kept her eyes closed. Her hands exploring Carlos’s upper body were equally clumsy.

Finally coming to his senses, Carlos responded by gently devouring her lips. It was a gentler kiss than before. While softly entangling their tongues, when Ines’s tongue tried to retreat, he trapped it so it couldn’t escape.

Though it was much gentler and quieter than before, it didn’t mean it wasn’t breathtaking. Finally, when her breath reached her throat, Ines struggled and separated their lips.

Carlos’s brows furrowed. Only now did he notice what he hadn’t realized before, too surprised by Ines’s uncharacteristically provocative behavior. He held her waist to keep her from moving further as he muttered.

“Stop moving… ugh.”

“…Pardon?”

Ines opened her eyes, finding it strange that Carlos suddenly groaned. She tilted her head, looking at her husband’s face as he gritted his teeth.

The momentary confusion at seeing Carlos seemingly holding something back soon passed. A sensation she hadn’t noticed due to tension suddenly became apparent.

Ines’s gaze gradually moved downward. That’s when she saw the man’s member pressed firmly against her womanhood. Without realizing it, she had been rubbing Carlos’s manhood with her intimate area. Ines’s face turned bright red.

“Ah…!”

Startled, Ines tried to change position by moving her body. But with Carlos holding her waist, her struggles only stimulated him more.

“Ngh.”

“Ahh….”

And this time Ines also let out a moan, having received strong stimulation. It was because his member had touched her cl*toris that had been covered by flesh as she moved.

When the fluids leaking from her intimate area moistened the surface of Carlos’s member, her body slipped. Thanks to the fluids acting as lubricant.

“Mmh…”

“Ooh.”

Ines moaned as she unintentionally rubbed his member with her intimate area.

Along with a tickling sensation in her lower abdomen, a pleasant feeling spread throughout her body.

And perhaps intoxicated by the unfamiliar situation? Suddenly, the s*xual education she had received at the royal palace flashed through Ines’s mind. The education that was mandatory for marrying the king had taught how to please one’s husband in the bedroom.

And one of those methods was exactly this – mounting the man and moving one’s hips. Though she had been shocked when she first heard it, the teacher’s words that no man disliked this echoed in her mind.

When she had married Joseph, she had thought she would never do such a thing.

Ines swallowed hard as she hesitated momentarily in confusion. There was even determination visible in her eyes, as if she had made some decision.

Before long, Ines pushed against Carlos’s upper body. The man’s body fell back without resistance at her delicate touch.

Though he sent her a questioning look, Ines ignored his gaze and put strength in her knees to stand her legs. Fortunately, since it wasn’t that her entire legs were paralyzed but just that she couldn’t use her ankles, it wasn’t too difficult.

Then she held the man’s stomach with one hand and gripped his member with the other. Only then did Carlos’s eyes widen as he realized what Ines was trying to do.

“What are you… ugh.”

Before he could protest. As the tip pushed into the narrow entrance, Carlos clenched his teeth. His head naturally fell backward.

“Ugh…”

At the same time, Ines’s body trembled. It was a timid finish for such a bold grip on his member.

‘This, this is strange.’

According to the teacher, once a man had prepared you, his member should enter smoothly, and yet…

Ines was just as surprised as Carlos. It wasn’t easy at all to take his huge member into her intimate area. And the pain was considerably more than she had expected.

Though she tried slowly relaxing her body as the teacher had taught, nothing changed. Ines let out a deep breath, trying somehow to release the tension.

Then she was able to take in a bit more of Carlos’s member than before.

After swallowing the thick, long pillar like that.

At the feeling of strong pressure in her abdomen, Ines bit her lip. This should be enough to have taken all of it in.

“I, I think it’s all in…”

When she muttered with desperate sentiment, Carlos answered.

“…Not even half has gone in yet.”

The news that came back was truly devastating.

“That, that can’t be.”

In disbelief, Ines looked down. Then she saw the pillar that wasn’t even halfway in yet. Her heart sank.

Even now it felt like she was being torn apart down there. Surely if she took all of that in, she wouldn’t be able to walk at all afterward. Tears welled up in Ines’s eyes from instinctive fear.

The bold challenge ultimately ended in failure. Finally, she declared her surrender to him in a tear-filled voice.

“I’m, I’m sorry. I, I really can’t do it.”

She looked like she might burst into tears at any moment. And that expression drove Carlos crazy with desire.

Whether or not Ines knew the man’s state, she moved to try to pull out his member. But just as putting it in had been difficult, taking it out wasn’t easy either.

“Haa…”

Carlos let out a hot sigh at Ines’s movements that unintentionally resembled thrusting up and down. The movements that were meant to stop ended up stimulating him instead.

“…Damn.”

Carlos tried his best to calm his excitement but it was futile. The tightly clinging inner walls squeezed his member as though trying to break it off.

In a situation where he felt like he might lose his reason at any moment, he muttered lowly.

“Then let me help you.”

He had finally succumbed to lust.

Carlos grabbed Ines’s waist so she couldn’t escape. Then without warning, he thrust his hips up strongly.

“Aahk!”

Ines’s eyes flew wide open as a scream burst from her mouth.

It was because his member, which had barely been halfway in, suddenly pushed through her passage and thrust in.

“…Ugh.”

Her body trembled violently. A pain incomparable to their previous lovemaking rushed through her. It literally felt like her body was being skewered.