IELNDMH - Chapter 96 < Are You Really Jealous? >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
I climbed the stairs and headed straight to Cedric's study.
This is because I had promised in advance with Cedric that if something like this happened, we would meet in the study.
The argument with him in the banquet hall was all an act.
'Of course, there was a little bit of sincerity, but a lot of it.'
It wasn't unexpected that a day like this would come someday.
If I think about it, I was the one who suddenly invaded the world of the two main characters, Cedric and Lobelia.
But when I saw Lobelia standing next to Cedric, I felt my stomach turn.
In the end, the words came out nervously, and Cedric seemed to have taken that as a 'signal'.
He thought it was a good thing at the time.
I thought I could focus more on the act of arguing with Cedric, even though I was in a bad mood.
But that sense of immersion was the problem.
Even though I knew that his cold eyes and tone were all an act, my disappointment grew uncontrollably.
Even more so when I thought that Lobelia was watching Cedric treat me like that.
And then I ended up saying those words.
'Unlucky.'
Anyway, I think the words were too harsh.
I let out a long sigh of guilt and then quickly shook my head.
'It's acting anyway, so what's the problem? And honestly... I was indeed angry at Cedric for saying that to me next to Lobelia.'
Just as I was trying to shake off my guilt with my lower lip sticking out, I heard a soft knock outside the door.
“Come in.”
As soon as my permission was given, the door opened and the waiting face entered the study.
It was Cedric.
Obviously, I still felt anxious and sad until that moment, but when I saw Cedric smiling happily at me as usual, those feelings disappeared as quickly as melting snow.
I greeted him with a secretly happy smile.
"You came?"
He slowly nodded his head and started walking towards me.
“What was the mood like? High Priest Diat, it seemed like he was truly deceived, right?”
Despite my chattering, Cedric just remained silent and narrowed the distance between me.
Then, his lips finally opened right after his feet stopped in front of me.
“Yes, it seems like he was properly deceived.”
He continued, ‘It’s worth it....' He muttered softly, and his facial expression gradually darkened.
“Even I, who knew it was acting, was fooled.”
I couldn't hide my embarrassment at that sudden change in expression.
‘That person now... Did you stick out your lower lip?'
It was at that time that I blinked my eyes rapidly, doubting what I was seeing.
“To say I'm unlucky is too harsh.”
“...”
“I was hurt.”
The Cedric Twins of the world are hurt.
No, you even say that out loud?
This isn't usually a big deal.
It was clear that I had made a huge mistake.
'No matter how much it was acting, were the words too harsh?'
I rolled my eyes here and there, biting my lower lip slightly, before finally releasing my lips.
“I didn’t mean it earlier...”
“It came out too straight to be true.”
Cedric responded with a blunt expression and then muttered sullenly as if he was talking to himself.
“If you don’t think of me that way regularly, how can you say something like that right away?”
Cedric acted as if he wanted me to feel guilty.
Unfortunately, his strategy worked exactly, and I just fidgeted and rolled my eyes.
For a moment, his eyes were lowered with an expression full of disappointment.
A new, heavy voice flowed from Cedric's lips.
"Are you sorry?"
Cedric, who asked that question, still had his eyes fixed on the floor.
I looked at him and slowly nodded his head.
"Sure. No matter how much it was acting, I was harsh.”
“....”
“I’m sorry, Cedric.”
Soon, Cedric's blue eyes turned to me again.
“What is the reward?”
When I looked at Cedric in confusion as he asked that question, he looked at me blankly.
“Where is the only verbal apology? There should be at least a small reward.”
He tapped his lips with his finger and stared at me again.
It was a face that had something to hope for.
"Why... Do you see it that way?”
When he asked with a doubtful expression, Cedric suddenly took a step closer and slowly bowed.
As my eyes widened at the suddenly narrowed distance, the corners of Cedric's lips curled up.
He lightly tapped my lips again with his long fingers.
Soon, a low, low sound came from those fascinating lips.
“Kiss me.”
The corners of Cedric's lips curved seductively.
His attitude was relaxed yet confident.
Cedric then gently grabbed my chin and lifted it so that I could make eye contact with him.
I slowly pulled away from his lips, fixing my eyes on his mysterious oasis-like eyes.
“Would a kiss be enough to compensate you?”
I asked, trying to stay upright even though I was helplessly shaking under the temptation.
Cedric, looking at me like that, let out a small laugh.
“I would be grateful if you could do more.”
At the end of those words, the two lips met each other without even the slightest gap.
The tip of his tongue, which had been moving gently as if tasting sweet honey, soon became an angry wave and surged without hesitation.
Cedric's movements began to become more passionate, like a person who had lost his mind due to an unquenchable thirst.
It was the same for me too.
I had been pretending to be relaxed so far, but it was true that I felt impatient when I saw Lobelia, who was standing next to him a little while ago.
At that moment, we both became desperate for each other for different reasons, or maybe for the same reasons.
Mixed with greed and jealousy, our greed for each other gradually became rougher.
As I held on to Cedric's shoulder as if I was clinging to him while letting out my breath, his hand, which was brushing the side of my head while kissing my lips, also gradually gained strength.
The breath that touched the tip of each other's noses gradually became hotter.
Cedric, who was engrossed in the kiss, held me high as if he couldn't bear it any longer.
He continued to lust after my lips and quickly walked towards the desk on one side of the study.
I was soon sat down at the desk, and Cedric reached behind my back and roughly removed the things on the desk.
Meanwhile, our lips were still tied to each other.
The hand that was caressing my cheek gradually moved down to the outer shell of my ear, the soft spot below it, and then to the nape of my neck.
Wherever the touch touched, a hot shiver arose as if the blood was boiling.
And that was when his hands finally began to undo the buttons on my dress.
“Cedric...”
I pushed his chest as if trying to shake off a temptation that was difficult to overcome.
Then, due to his obsession with instinct, a light crack appeared between his fierce blue eyes.
“...You don’t like it in the study?”
As Cedric asked that question, a new, rough breath flowed from his lips.
“Shall we go to the bedroom?”
I took a deep breath and looked up at him in silence.
The moment my wet eyes met my red cheeks, his blue eyes were once again moved by instinct.
I quickly buried my face in his shoulder before our greed consumed each other again.
I tried to calm down, but once I was out of breath, there was no sign of calming down.
“It’s not like that, ha..."
I barely suppressed my excessive breathing and continued speaking again.
"Not yet... No."
Cedric continued speaking as if he had lost his senses due to impatience, repeatedly reaching for my lips.
“If it’s a banquet, it’s a masquerade ball, so there’s no need for us to be there..."
“It’s not just because of the banquet. You know it can’t be like this now.”
For a brief moment, his eyes twitched slightly.
Now that we are under surveillance from the High Priest, it would be a big problem if we couldn't control our desire for each other and had children.
The Vatican will never allow us to remarry, citing the pregnancy as evidence of ‘unholy’ affection.
No, it would have been better if that was all.
Our child, whose birth should be blessed, will also be treated as a seed of misfortune.
I couldn't commit such an irresponsible thing.
I lightly pushed Cedric away again, unable to hide my sad expression.
Cedric took a step back for a moment as if he understood what I had to say, but then he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me.
I leaned against his wide chest and slowly parted my lips from his.
“I think I understand how anxious you felt after imprinting.”
Then a faint laugh was heard.
Cedric asked, holding me a little tighter.
“Are you anxious?”
As I nodded, burying my face deeper into the wide embrace that supported me firmly, Cedric whispered softly in my ear.
“I said those feelings weren’t yours.”
I realized that his words were not just words to criticize me, but were the truth in themselves.
Yet my mood continued to sink lower and lower, like a wet paper boat.
“I know, I know.”
"However?"
“And yet... I keep feeling that way when I see that woman standing next to you.”
As I spoke out loud, the scene of Cedric and Lobelia standing together flashed before my eyes again.
“That woman, who on earth is she talking about?”
Cedric asked softly while stroking my back.
Then, I got out of his embrace and continued speaking in a grunting manner with my lower lip sticking out.
“She was prettier than I imagined. Now that her husband has died and she is alone, there must be many people looking at her.”
"Who?"
“I mean the woman who was next to you earlier.”
However, Cedric still looked like he didn't know what was going on.
'Are you pretending not to know, or really not knowing?'
I glanced at him and said.
“Countess Bart.”
“....Ah."
Cedric's eyebrows arched into a high mountain.
I had been trying to make Cedric understand, but when he remembered Lobelia's existence, an unpleasant feeling arose.
Cedric, perhaps aware of me or not, slowly nodded his head with his eyes fixed on empty space.
“Someone was standing next to me. She was the wife of the late Count Bart.”
As he mumbled, his eyes turned to me again.
I was clearly showing my discomfort with my eyes wide open.
For a moment, he blinked as if I was embarrassed by my reaction.
“Rebecca, it can’t be right now...”
Cedric's frown slowly narrowed.
“Are you jealous of that woman?”
This is because I had promised in advance with Cedric that if something like this happened, we would meet in the study.
The argument with him in the banquet hall was all an act.
'Of course, there was a little bit of sincerity, but a lot of it.'
It wasn't unexpected that a day like this would come someday.
If I think about it, I was the one who suddenly invaded the world of the two main characters, Cedric and Lobelia.
But when I saw Lobelia standing next to Cedric, I felt my stomach turn.
In the end, the words came out nervously, and Cedric seemed to have taken that as a 'signal'.
He thought it was a good thing at the time.
I thought I could focus more on the act of arguing with Cedric, even though I was in a bad mood.
But that sense of immersion was the problem.
Even though I knew that his cold eyes and tone were all an act, my disappointment grew uncontrollably.
Even more so when I thought that Lobelia was watching Cedric treat me like that.
And then I ended up saying those words.
'Unlucky.'
Anyway, I think the words were too harsh.
I let out a long sigh of guilt and then quickly shook my head.
'It's acting anyway, so what's the problem? And honestly... I was indeed angry at Cedric for saying that to me next to Lobelia.'
Just as I was trying to shake off my guilt with my lower lip sticking out, I heard a soft knock outside the door.
“Come in.”
As soon as my permission was given, the door opened and the waiting face entered the study.
It was Cedric.
Obviously, I still felt anxious and sad until that moment, but when I saw Cedric smiling happily at me as usual, those feelings disappeared as quickly as melting snow.
I greeted him with a secretly happy smile.
"You came?"
He slowly nodded his head and started walking towards me.
“What was the mood like? High Priest Diat, it seemed like he was truly deceived, right?”
Despite my chattering, Cedric just remained silent and narrowed the distance between me.
Then, his lips finally opened right after his feet stopped in front of me.
“Yes, it seems like he was properly deceived.”
He continued, ‘It’s worth it....' He muttered softly, and his facial expression gradually darkened.
“Even I, who knew it was acting, was fooled.”
I couldn't hide my embarrassment at that sudden change in expression.
‘That person now... Did you stick out your lower lip?'
It was at that time that I blinked my eyes rapidly, doubting what I was seeing.
“To say I'm unlucky is too harsh.”
“...”
“I was hurt.”
The Cedric Twins of the world are hurt.
No, you even say that out loud?
This isn't usually a big deal.
It was clear that I had made a huge mistake.
'No matter how much it was acting, were the words too harsh?'
I rolled my eyes here and there, biting my lower lip slightly, before finally releasing my lips.
“I didn’t mean it earlier...”
“It came out too straight to be true.”
Cedric responded with a blunt expression and then muttered sullenly as if he was talking to himself.
“If you don’t think of me that way regularly, how can you say something like that right away?”
Cedric acted as if he wanted me to feel guilty.
Unfortunately, his strategy worked exactly, and I just fidgeted and rolled my eyes.
For a moment, his eyes were lowered with an expression full of disappointment.
A new, heavy voice flowed from Cedric's lips.
"Are you sorry?"
Cedric, who asked that question, still had his eyes fixed on the floor.
I looked at him and slowly nodded his head.
"Sure. No matter how much it was acting, I was harsh.”
“....”
“I’m sorry, Cedric.”
Soon, Cedric's blue eyes turned to me again.
“What is the reward?”
When I looked at Cedric in confusion as he asked that question, he looked at me blankly.
“Where is the only verbal apology? There should be at least a small reward.”
He tapped his lips with his finger and stared at me again.
It was a face that had something to hope for.
"Why... Do you see it that way?”
When he asked with a doubtful expression, Cedric suddenly took a step closer and slowly bowed.
As my eyes widened at the suddenly narrowed distance, the corners of Cedric's lips curled up.
He lightly tapped my lips again with his long fingers.
Soon, a low, low sound came from those fascinating lips.
“Kiss me.”
The corners of Cedric's lips curved seductively.
His attitude was relaxed yet confident.
Cedric then gently grabbed my chin and lifted it so that I could make eye contact with him.
I slowly pulled away from his lips, fixing my eyes on his mysterious oasis-like eyes.
“Would a kiss be enough to compensate you?”
I asked, trying to stay upright even though I was helplessly shaking under the temptation.
Cedric, looking at me like that, let out a small laugh.
“I would be grateful if you could do more.”
At the end of those words, the two lips met each other without even the slightest gap.
The tip of his tongue, which had been moving gently as if tasting sweet honey, soon became an angry wave and surged without hesitation.
Cedric's movements began to become more passionate, like a person who had lost his mind due to an unquenchable thirst.
It was the same for me too.
I had been pretending to be relaxed so far, but it was true that I felt impatient when I saw Lobelia, who was standing next to him a little while ago.
At that moment, we both became desperate for each other for different reasons, or maybe for the same reasons.
Mixed with greed and jealousy, our greed for each other gradually became rougher.
As I held on to Cedric's shoulder as if I was clinging to him while letting out my breath, his hand, which was brushing the side of my head while kissing my lips, also gradually gained strength.
The breath that touched the tip of each other's noses gradually became hotter.
Cedric, who was engrossed in the kiss, held me high as if he couldn't bear it any longer.
He continued to lust after my lips and quickly walked towards the desk on one side of the study.
I was soon sat down at the desk, and Cedric reached behind my back and roughly removed the things on the desk.
Meanwhile, our lips were still tied to each other.
The hand that was caressing my cheek gradually moved down to the outer shell of my ear, the soft spot below it, and then to the nape of my neck.
Wherever the touch touched, a hot shiver arose as if the blood was boiling.
And that was when his hands finally began to undo the buttons on my dress.
“Cedric...”
I pushed his chest as if trying to shake off a temptation that was difficult to overcome.
Then, due to his obsession with instinct, a light crack appeared between his fierce blue eyes.
“...You don’t like it in the study?”
As Cedric asked that question, a new, rough breath flowed from his lips.
“Shall we go to the bedroom?”
I took a deep breath and looked up at him in silence.
The moment my wet eyes met my red cheeks, his blue eyes were once again moved by instinct.
I quickly buried my face in his shoulder before our greed consumed each other again.
I tried to calm down, but once I was out of breath, there was no sign of calming down.
“It’s not like that, ha..."
I barely suppressed my excessive breathing and continued speaking again.
"Not yet... No."
Cedric continued speaking as if he had lost his senses due to impatience, repeatedly reaching for my lips.
“If it’s a banquet, it’s a masquerade ball, so there’s no need for us to be there..."
“It’s not just because of the banquet. You know it can’t be like this now.”
For a brief moment, his eyes twitched slightly.
Now that we are under surveillance from the High Priest, it would be a big problem if we couldn't control our desire for each other and had children.
The Vatican will never allow us to remarry, citing the pregnancy as evidence of ‘unholy’ affection.
No, it would have been better if that was all.
Our child, whose birth should be blessed, will also be treated as a seed of misfortune.
I couldn't commit such an irresponsible thing.
I lightly pushed Cedric away again, unable to hide my sad expression.
Cedric took a step back for a moment as if he understood what I had to say, but then he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me.
I leaned against his wide chest and slowly parted my lips from his.
“I think I understand how anxious you felt after imprinting.”
Then a faint laugh was heard.
Cedric asked, holding me a little tighter.
“Are you anxious?”
As I nodded, burying my face deeper into the wide embrace that supported me firmly, Cedric whispered softly in my ear.
“I said those feelings weren’t yours.”
I realized that his words were not just words to criticize me, but were the truth in themselves.
Yet my mood continued to sink lower and lower, like a wet paper boat.
“I know, I know.”
"However?"
“And yet... I keep feeling that way when I see that woman standing next to you.”
As I spoke out loud, the scene of Cedric and Lobelia standing together flashed before my eyes again.
“That woman, who on earth is she talking about?”
Cedric asked softly while stroking my back.
Then, I got out of his embrace and continued speaking in a grunting manner with my lower lip sticking out.
“She was prettier than I imagined. Now that her husband has died and she is alone, there must be many people looking at her.”
"Who?"
“I mean the woman who was next to you earlier.”
However, Cedric still looked like he didn't know what was going on.
'Are you pretending not to know, or really not knowing?'
I glanced at him and said.
“Countess Bart.”
“....Ah."
Cedric's eyebrows arched into a high mountain.
I had been trying to make Cedric understand, but when he remembered Lobelia's existence, an unpleasant feeling arose.
Cedric, perhaps aware of me or not, slowly nodded his head with his eyes fixed on empty space.
“Someone was standing next to me. She was the wife of the late Count Bart.”
As he mumbled, his eyes turned to me again.
I was clearly showing my discomfort with my eyes wide open.
For a moment, he blinked as if I was embarrassed by my reaction.
“Rebecca, it can’t be right now...”
Cedric's frown slowly narrowed.
“Are you jealous of that woman?”
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