Chapter 5

After a long silence between them,

Alexei, glancing at her as if reading her mood, added,

“I’m not sure I can satisfy her……”

“……Hmm.”

So it really was about s*x……?

Avgenia’s catlike eyes swept over Alexei. She’d seen this face thousands of times over twenty years, but now that he’d mentioned intimacy, she couldn’t help but look at him anew.

Avgenia had liked Alexei all her life.

But knowing he didn’t see her as a woman, she’d never pursued him that way.

Of course, she cherished him as much as her half-sister, for his beauty and upright character.

Perhaps out of embarrassment, Alexei’s large, well-shaped hands intertwined atop the desk.

Big, handsome hands. The knuckles were just prominent enough to be sensual, the fingers long…… Gulping, Avgenia’s mind raced with thoughts of what a man’s fingers could do in bed, and she felt a sudden heat below her navel.

Her gaze darted away from Alexei’s hands to another part of him.

Hidden under his perfectly tailored suit, his shoulders were broad, and since he’d trained in martial arts since childhood, he must have strong muscles and stamina. Even the solid neck, tightly wrapped in his cravat, filling the shirt collar, seemed newly sensual.

There is a woman who has been granted the privilege to cling to that neck, to fill her ears with the moans swallowed into that throat.

Someone has appeared who wishes to share an overwhelming climax that makes that prominent Adam’s apple move tightly up and down…

Avgenia could not at all figure out what the turmoil swirling in her heart was.

In the meantime, the smile had disappeared from Avgenia’s face.

And all the while, Alexei watched her face in silence. He seemed only preoccupied with choosing the right timing to speak, not caring at all that her expression had frozen.

Just as Avgenia nodded her head, as if permitting him to continue,

“So, about that.”

“Yes.”

“If you could, Your Highness…”

Alexei’s face, stretching out the end of his sentence, became so stiff that it seemed tormented by the current, irreversible disaster.

To Avgenia, it simply looked like a sign of shyness.

Avgenia’s eyes narrowed.

No way. It couldn’t be.

“Would you be able to teach me about what happens at night?”

Really?

Avgenia barely managed to hide her surprised face.

Honestly, he was never the type to ask her for anything.

He always handled things himself, and if anything, he would grant her requests, but never asked anything of her.

‘Ah, maybe he did wish I’d behave more modestly.’

Anyway, seeing this always confident man speak so cautiously, with such a careful expression… this was truly the first time.

Who could be the woman who made him show such an unfamiliar face and voice?

When her thoughts reached that point, Avgenia was already lifting both corners of her mouth into a perfectly beautiful smile. It was the kind of smile that made men in Gronlant’s social circles overflow with desire to spend the night with her, even as they called her a depraved libertine.

“Aha, I see.”

Alexei’s Adam’s apple asserted itself, moving up and down beyond his cravat.

“There’s no better teacher than me, right?”

“Of course.”

Alexei jumped at Avgenia’s joking remark.

“Your Highness, you have always… been superior to me.”

Even him saying such pleasant words, so unlike himself, must be because of the affection given by that mysterious woman…

Unable to explain the unfamiliar feeling pressing at the pit of her stomach, Avgenia straightened her back as if to distance herself from him. Rustle, slide—the sound of her skirt brushing against the desk filled the office softly as she lifted one leg onto the desk for balance. Her raised chin left only dignity in her gaze as she looked at Alexei.

At the end of her gaze, Alexei’s face looked as if he was seeking some truth of life from her… Avgenia felt a small sense of mischief.

“First of all.”

“Yes.”

Alexei’s blue eyes shone gently.

“Above all, you need to be good at using your mouth.”

Clink. Avgenia didn’t miss the small crack that appeared in those eyes, like the cold sea of the North.

“M-mouth…”

“Just by using your mouth well before penetration, a woman can reach climax. If you make her half faint, even if the man isn’t that skilled during the main event… she’ll already feel it’s amazing.”

“…”

At Avgenia’s calm explanation, Alexei wore a face as if he might faint himself.

No, in truth, Alexei was the one on the verge of fainting. He looked utterly pale, as if he had never heard such expl*cit words in his life.

That alone satisfied Avgenia quite a bit… but once she started teasing, she inevitably wanted to push further.

“You’ve never seen a woman’s lower part, have you?”

Again, a crack appeared on Alexei’s face.

He fixed his frozen gaze somewhere near Avgenia’s face to show he was listening, but his eyes trembled helplessly, like a windowpane in a storm.

Suppressing her laughter, Avgenia leaned forward, placing both hands on the side of the desk where Alexei’s documents lay. Alexei flinched but did not avoid her.

“The entrance is between the folds, like this…”

Her slender fingertip drew a long oval on the document, as if describing the l*bia. Nothing was left behind, but the movement alone made her intention clear, and Alexei’s shoulders trembled.

“It’s covered by several thin layers of skin. In popular novels, they call it petals.”

“Is that… so?”

If Avgenia had to name someone least likely to read popular novels, it would certainly be Alexei Ramantus.

“First, licking between those folds feels good. You can use the tip of your tongue to flick it, or use your whole tongue to stroke upward…”

Her fingertip traced gentle arcs across the document, as if describing a man’s mouth. Alexei’s unfocused eyes followed her finger as if hypnotized.

What filled his gaze was not l*st or curiosity, but just unfamiliarity… or so it seemed.

So, this much isn’t too much for him, huh…?

Watching Alexei’s fixed gaze on her fingertips, Avgenia continued.

“Even this gives a faint pleasure… but the most important part is here.”

Avgenia’s fingertip, which had been moving, stopped near the top of the oval—right by the title of the document, ‘Mage Tower Outsourcing Research Budget Proposal.’

“The cl*toris, you see.”

Gulp. Alexei’s Adam’s apple moved dramatically.

Though he tried to hide it, the corners of his eyes were flushed. Thinking it was just embarrassment, Avgenia felt a mix of satisfaction and self-mockery… but there was nothing to be done now.

His heart had never belonged to her, so damaging her image didn’t matter.

If he wasn’t going to see her as a woman, it didn’t matter how he saw her. Even if she was a lord who verbally harassed her aide, that was fine. Right now, repaying this sense of betrayal was what mattered.

With all that bitterness, Avgenia continued her explanation firmly.

“It’s hard to find at first. If you keep licking layer by layer with your tongue and feel something catch, you’ve found it. About… the size of a pinky nail?”

Her pale, slender hand, which had been hovering over the document, suddenly moved and showed her pinky nail to Alexei. Even her unpainted nail glowed with a rosy hue.

Alexei suddenly realized a subtle rose fragrance lingered around Avgenia. The scent that clung to her slip and negligee, which he always buried his nose in, must have been like this… He looked up at Avgenia with a dazed gaze.

Her face, leaning close, was now within reach.

“Before it gets aroused, it’s often covered by the foreskin and hard to recognize. To make sure… try pressing it with your tongue.”

Avgenia’s cute tongue peeked out between her coral lips, mimicking a small lick.

“Try sucking it gently, like a kiss.”

Her plump lips pursed together, clearly demonstrating a kiss.

Alexei’s brow furrowed.

“That’s the most sensitive spot, so if she moans or suddenly twitches… you’ve found it.”

Avgenia’s rosy eyes never left Alexei’s face the entire time.

As if to see what kind of ripple her lewd words would cause on that neat face…

But pretending not to care was something Alexei had done his whole life, ever since he started liking Avgenia. He just tried his best to keep a blank face, hoping his expression wouldn’t embarrass her.

Unaware that this only fueled Avgenia’s competitive spirit.

“Other places matter too, but this is the center of all sensation.”

Avgenia kept her gaze locked with Alexei’s as she continued. Alexei, too, kept his eyes on hers, showing he was listening. In truth, he was so embarrassed he felt he might lose his mind, so he looked slightly downward.

Anyway, Alexei didn’t mean it, but for Avgenia, this was a kind of contest.

Without blinking, Avgenia spoke slowly.

“If you focus just on this spot, a woman will reach climax.”

Alexei’s mouth hung slightly open and wouldn’t close. He hadn’t blinked either, but not by choice. There was simply no escape from those eyes looking straight at him.

An unmoving silence followed.