Kishian had no hesitation in treating me like an object.
Rather, he acted as if he couldn't understand my protest.
"I came back alive after almost dying several times to get you, so why aren't you mine?"
He slowly climbed onto the bed without giving me a chance to respond.
He placed me under his body and looked down at me fiercely.
The thought that if things continued like this, something dangerous might happen dominated my mind.
In the meantime, his mouth opened again.
"Can you prove that you are not mine?"
"..."
"I can prove it. That you are mine."
There was no need to ask the question 'how?'
As if to show me, he lowered his head and bit my collarbone with his teeth.
The warm lips touching my cold, wet body felt like they would burn me.
While I was flinching, his hand moved.
The hot, large hand that had been resting on my ankle gradually moved up to my calf, caressing it.
I wish it had stopped there, but my wish was not granted.
His hand came up again, caressing my wet thigh.
The moment it dug into the inside of my thigh.
"Stop!"
I shouted reflexively without even thinking.
The hand that was digging deep into my thigh finally stopped.
My chest rose and fell greatly as I gasped for breath.
I opened my mouth right away without even taking a moment to catch my breath because it seemed dangerous if I delayed any longer.
"I know what you mean. Yes, so stop it."
After that, I continued my story with a trembling voice.
"I know how much you suffered because of my father. I also know that you almost lost your life several times."
"..."
"So, I can completely understand how you feel."
"..."
Since she is a woman you have obtained after much hardship, you would want to make her yours alone.
The reason he insists on treating and caring for my wounds is because he considers me his.
Having figured out what was in Kishian's mind, I suppressed my boiling resentment and whispered to him.
"There's no need to rush. If you don't act hastily, you won't be able to get out in the end."
"..."
"I just want to take some time... Right now, my clothes are wet. I haven't washed properly, and most of all, I'm not mentally prepared."
Should we stop here?
I couldn't be sure. He seemed to have already gotten as excited as he could.
It had become hard and hot and was touching the inside of my thigh.
In a state of this much excitement, I wonder if he can stop after hearing just one word from me...
That was when I was so worried.
"..."
He got up quietly without saying a word.
As the heavy, hot man's body moved away, I felt like I could breathe easier.
Phew, I let out a long breath without realizing it, and he turned away from me and strode towards the entrance.
After that, he left quietly, leaving behind only one word.
"I know it will take a long time, but you have to accept it."
He didn't explain what he wanted me to accept, and I didn't bother asking.
We both understood the meaning so well that there was no need to explain it.
***
Kishian returned quietly.
Afterward, I washed my wet body and changed my clothes.
Everything seemed to be resolved. But around midnight.
"Cough, cough...!"
The coughing became so intense that it was hard to hold back.
I think I caught a cold.
It must be because I fell into the pond earlier.
If it were before, I wouldn't have caught a cold like this, but since coming here, my body has become quite weak, so I think this is why I'm getting sick.
"... Cough!"
Even though I pulled the blanket over my head, my cough wouldn't stop.
If things continue like this, I'm sure the fever will rise.
After much thought, I pulled the rope next to the bed.
Even though it was awkward to call the maid, it seemed like I would have to take some fever reducer to sleep comfortably now.
But, of all people, the most troublesome woman showed up.
"How could you have the decency to call a maid?"
The one who came after receiving my call was that woman.
The maid who hit me on the first day and got hit in return.
I never expected that woman to come.
Even though the young maids had made so many mistakes during the day, it seemed as though Kishian had not given the head maid a single proper warning.
It's so funny to see you come to me with such a smug expression.
I opened my mouth with force, feeling as if something was weighing me down.
"Call another maid."
"Other maids? How could there be? You kicked out two of them this morning."
It seemed like she held a grudge because the rag-and-stick maids and red-haired maids who had been following her had been kicked out.
Perhaps because she had been hit before, she didn't come close, but she still glared at me with hostile eyes and responded.
"There is no one in this mansion who would serve a woman like you."
"..."
"It would be better to give up the idea of being treated well early on."
Normally, I would have responded to that arrogant remark somehow
"Cough, cough!"
It was hard these days.
Coughing kept coming out of my mouth, and my head was so hot that it was difficult to think properly.
In the end, when she was left speechless without any response, the head maid sneered at her...
"You've been acting so cocky since day one, and now you have a cold? You're acting all weird."
I called because I needed something like an antipyretic or warm water.
It seemed as if she had no intention of bringing them.
The maid continued to mock me as if she liked my appearance.
"It was a punishment. A punishment for daring to betray His Highness the Grand Duke and having an affair with another man. A punishment for casting out our children. How dare someone like you..."
As she finished speaking, a clear expression of anger appeared on the maid's face.
Still unable to respond, I remained silent as the head maid spoke her last words.
"It's particularly cold tonight. It's going to be a very long night for you."
Leaving those words behind, the maid slammed the door and left.
Without even putting any wood in the
fireplace.
"Cough! Haa, ha..."
I gasped for breath and dug into the blankets.
Is that why the whole bedroom feels so cold?
Even though it was a thick blanket, it didn't help at all.
It was cold and chilling, like a piece of ice was digging into my bones.
As I stood there alone enduring the cold, my eyes gradually began to close.
***
An endlessly cold and quiet dawn.
Anne was walking down the hallway of the north wing, keeping her footsteps quiet.
Anne, who had always worked there as a maid in the main building, was walking alone in this annex building at dawn because of a sudden order from Keshian.
"Go and check on the Grand Duchess. Quietly, at dawn, so as not to be caught."
A few hours ago, he had summoned Anne himself and given her such a strange order.
He asked her to go and check on the condition of the Grand Duchess, who had fallen into cold water.
A faint sense of anxiety appeared on the face of Kishian, who was giving the order.
If you're that anxious, you can just go and see for yourself.
Anne wondered why he ordered her to come and see the Grand Duchess secretly at dawn.
So, in the end, she ended up coming here.
'It's better. I was worried about Her Highness the Grand Duchess anyway.'
Even though they only met briefly on the way from the palace to the Grand Duke's residence, for some reason the Grand Duchess was always on her mind.
A body so thin it looks like it might break if touched, a face covered in gloom...
She was someone Anne always worried about, so she secretly wanted to keep her by my side.
Because Kisjian, who had no idea what she was thinking, sent the Grand Duchess to the annex, it became difficult to even see her face properly.
'Let's take this opportunity to check properly to see if everything is okay.'
With that resolve, Anne hurried to the Grand Duchess's bedroom.
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