IELNDMH - Chapter 56 < It Was the Beginning of The Long Night >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
"Shake it some more, Rebecca."
His voice was extremely seductive.
At that moment, the distance between us was so close that the tips of our noses were touching.
I slowly glanced at Cedric's beautiful face.
Blue eyes resembling the sea, alluring eyes, a high tip of the nose, and... His sweet lips.
Finally, my gaze was fixed on the charmingly curved corner of the mouth, and I didn't know that it would stay there for a while.
"Rebecca?"
It was around that time that I lunged for Cedric's lips.
Impulsive behavior, like a person trying to quench an intense thirst.
However, Cedric followed me as if he had been waiting.
After a long while, a heavy breath finally came out through the narrow gap between us.
"Cedric......"
I gently stepped back and looked up at Cedric.
Moonlight seeped through the cracks in the window. It settled gently on Cedric's face, drawing light and dark lines.
It was a time when my eyes secretly became red at that beautiful sight.
"...Rebecca."
Cedric muttered softly while covering my face.
"After tonight, you will be the only one who can save me or ruin me."
I felt Cedric's soft hands on my round shoulders.
"Even so......"
The moment his low voice rang in my ears again, my heartbeat became uncontrollable.
I secretly let out a heavy breath.
"I will never regret this moment."
With those words, he placed his lips on mine once again.
Eventually, the movements of the two people under the moonlight gradually became more passionate.
It was the beginning of a long night.
***
The two people's time flowed as one finally ended when dawn began to break.
Rebecca sighed heavily and closed her eyes, and Cedric quickly looked at her face. It seemed like she had just fallen asleep from exhaustion.
Rebecca's face was still red.
Cedric let out a faint smile as if relieved when he saw the even breath flowing from her lips. He looked at Rebecca with his loving eyes and then gently kissed her on the cheek.
Rebecca sleeping in his own arms.
He doesn't know if it's the engraving that makes her face look so lovely or not.
Cedric now decided that it didn't matter what the reason was.
Even before he was imprinted on Rebecca, and even now.....Because his thirst for her was extremely intense.
"I'm thirsty...."
As Rebecca mumbled sleepily, a smile spread across Cedric's lips again.
He took some water to drink and put it in her mouth.
As he slowly let the water flow, Rebecca clung to Cedric, sleepy.
Cedric let out a small laugh even though he had a troubled expression.
Then he kissed Rebecca's cheeks one after another as if he couldn't bear it because he loved Rebecca so much.
The appearance of perfectly beautiful lovers. The morning sunlight fell gently on their faces.
***
My face naturally grimaced from the strong sunlight pouring through the cracks in the window.
Extreme malaise and a headache that felt like my head was going to explode.
Is there a more perfect hangover combination than this?
'Damn, this isn't a normal hangover. He's the greatest guy I've seen in a long time!'
When I barely opened my eyes and checked the clock, it was already past noon.
I slowly sat up, holding my pounding head with both hands.
Then, a painful groan came out, accompanied by a tingling pain in my lower back.
"Oh, my waist. What on earth happened yesterday...."
Seeing that my lower abdomen was sore, was it time for Mother Nature to come visit me?
I let out a sigh and then realized.
"That's right, I sat on a low chair for hours yesterday and prepared fish, right?"
At the same time, the events of yesterday passed by like a flash of light.
'Yesterday, after the village joint project, I went to the welcome banquet led by Jacqueline. The honey beer was so delicious that I almost Inhaled it, and.....!'
From there, my memories began to fragment, I remember lamenting about my situation with Jacqueline and other village women, but I don't remember the actual details, it was something like that.
'I even remember being carried by Cedric yesterday....'
Suddenly, I looked out from under the blanket and suddenly felt as if all the blood was draining from my body.
'Then why are my clothes changed?"
From what I remember, all the maids were as drunk as I was last night.
There was no way those women would have followed me to a cabin in this remote place with the sole intention of changing my clothes.
'Then it couldn't be... Cedric changed my clothes?!"
I woke up like a person who had been burned by an electric fire.
At the same time, I was reflexively squeezing my head from the tingling pain that hit my head like lightning,
A glimpse of Cedric's face passed through my blurry memories.
The serious face that called my name, Rebecca, and...
"You made me..... It's a mess...."
How can I mess it up? What on earth....?
I covered my mouth with both hands and blinked slowly.
At that moment, there was only one intuitive thought.
'I'm ruined.'
It was clear that I had made a huge mistake.
At this point, when Cedric has built up a crush on me to the point where he goes on a whim that is uncharacteristic of him, how can I have an accident so big that it breaks something for him?
'It's crazy, it must be really crazy!'
While I was pounding my head with my fist, I slowly turned my head and looked outside the bedroom.
"Cedric......?"
***
At that time, Cedric was on his way back to the cabin.
His hands were full of food, including soft white bread, and a bottle of fresh milk.
An hour ago, Cedric carefully left the cabin so as not to wake Rebecca and headed straight to the center of the village.
It was because he was worried that Rebecca would wake up and suffer from a hangover and hunger.
Cedric finally arrived at the cabin, looked at the bedroom, and asked softly.
"Rebecca, are you awake?"
It was a new fact that he learned, but Rebecca had a tendency to talk a lot in her sleep.
When he playfully asked her something while she was sleeping, she muttered in response. He found it cute like that and played around all night long, but now for some reason, she didn't say anything back.
"Rebecca?"
That's when he slowly opened the curtains and checked the inside of the bedroom.
Cedric's face, which had been bright all along, gradually darkened.
Rebecca was nowhere to be seen.
Cedric looked in vain at the empty bed, which had been a mess all night.
'Where on earth did she go?'
She may have just gone for a walk while he was away. Or maybe she went to see Bianca and her maids.
There was no way she would have left this town without taking a carriage.
For him, it would be nearly impossible for her to walk alone from the Gray Zone village located on the mountainside.
His mind was clearly calculating the situation with ease.
But no matter how hard he tried to calculate it, there was nothing he could do about the anxiety spreading deep within his heart.
Cedric, who was biting his lip nervously, quickly rushed out of the cabin as if he had lost his self-control.
It had been only a few minutes since he realized Rebecca's absence.
***
I walked along the path behind the cabin and calmly reminisced.
But no matter how hard I tried, the memories of last night could not come to mind.
"It's crazy, really. I have to remember everything to at least properly apologize!"
I shouted as if to urge my alcohol-soaked brain, but nothing changed.
So in the end, all I can do is guess at last night's mistake.
'Cedric messed up something on me, and my clothes have been changed...'
That was when I was trying to piece together the situation.
Last night, the 'worst thing that could happen' came to mind.
'So, no way I...'
The hair on the back of my head stood on end and it felt as if all the blood was draining from my body.
I stroked my face with both palms and slowly closed my eyes.
'I can't believe it...... Did I throw up on Cedric?'
I really hoped that wasn't the only answer, but no matter how much I thought about it, there was no other more plausible answer.
'Right? That's it? You're crazy, you're crazy!'
I pounded my head with a sense of self-destruction.
At the same time, the headache that seemed to have subsided quickly spread like wildfire again.
"Oh, my head......."
That moment when I slowly lowered my head while pulling out my hair.
"Rebecca!"
A familiar voice was heard.
I quickly turned my head and saw Cedric in the distance, looking around the mountain path and repeatedly shouting my name.
Fortunately, it looks like he hasn't found me yet.
His face looked overly impatient, and there was a clear hint of excitement in his voice when he called my name.
'Why, why are you looking for me like that?'
As I bit my lower lip, an ominous thought passed through my mind.
'No way, when I wake up in the morning and think about it, I get even more upset......?'
In that brief moment, goosebumps appeared on the back of my neck.
'I need to quickly find something to excuse last night's mistake before Cedric finds me.'
To make matters worse, the distance between Cedric and I gradually became closer.
But the memories of last night never seemed to come to mind.
Meanwhile, Cedric was entering the entrance to the trail where I was standing.
'What should I apologize for? I don't even remember... Ha, why don't I just hide?'
A bush that had grown as tall as me caught my eye late.
But it was already too late.
"Rebecca!"
Cedric finally found me and started walking towards me.
His face was grimly stiff, and sweat was beading on his forehead from how long he had been looking for me.
"Cedric... haha..."
I tried to give an awkward smile.
Before I knew it, Cedric was standing in front of me, and his eyebrows furrowed fiercely.
"Where on earth have you been? "
Do you know how long I've been looking for you?"
Cedric closed his eyes tightly and let out a long breath.
He seemed to be suppressing his anger or trying to calm his startled mind.
"W-what brought me...
"Why would you do that?"
One of Cedric's eyebrows twitched and rose high.
'As expected, it was the former.'
He was trying to control his anger.
The only words floating around in my head were 'I'm screwed.'
'Haha, if this continues, I might die sooner than the original Rebecca.'
It was a time when my heart was pounding with a mixture of desperation and anxiety.
Cedric, who was looking at me with burning eyes, suddenly raised his arms and approached me.
What, what! Why are you raising your arms?!
I hurriedly flinched and shouted.
"How worried I am......."
"I'm so sorry, Cedric! It's everything, everything, from start to finish! It was a mistake!"
It seemed like something Cedric had said, but it was drowned out by my shouting.
When I slowly raised my head, Cedric was looking down at me with his eyes wide open.
He looked like he was in shock and couldn't speak for a while.
I kissed his lips a few times.
Finally, Cedric's lips slowly opened.
"What happened last night...... It was all a mistake?"
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