Episode 23. Just Helping You Undress
He laid Adele down on the bed covered with soft, white cotton bedding.
Carefully so as not to wake her.
Thanks to that, she slept well, breathing deeply and evenly.
Her white face, her flushed cheeks, and her black, neatly folded eyelashes. Her slightly parted red lips made her look like a pure girl or a seductive seductress.
Christine stared blankly at Adele.
He felt his blood all over his body getting hot. He also felt a burning thirst.
A woman as soft as a flower petal and as sweet as honey.
A beautiful rose that he wanted to pluck and possess.
Gulp.
His throat shook sharply.
The tendons on the back of his hand clenched into a fist.
“Fuck, I know...”
A soft voice, as if gritting his teeth, flowed out from between his red lips.
He knew even without Zimmer warning him. What would happen if he went wild tonight?
But perhaps because of the damp air and the wine, Adele’s scent was sweeter and stronger than ever. Just like that day ten years ago when she turned him into a beast.
.
“Damn... You drive a person crazy and still sleep well.”
Adele was even annoyed by that.
“Ha, that's a tricky one. Cold or warm?”
“Anything.”
“Wait.”
When he left the room, Adele staggered and sat up in bed. Her eyes were spinning, and she was dizzy, unable to think straight. She usually drank wine often, but she didn’t know she would get drunk so suddenly.
‘...What happened to me?’
At that moment, the Emperor’s voice suddenly came to mind.
“Actually, I was the one who told him to become close to the Marchioness.”
***
“I brought you both cold and warm water.”
After a while, Christine came in with two glasses of water.
“Leave them there and go.”
Adele was sitting on the bed with a cold expression, unlike a moment ago. He immediately noticed that her attitude had changed. He put the tray with the glasses on the mantelpiece and approached her.
“No, I think there’s something you still have to do for me.”
When Adele looked up, Christine smiled and held out his right hand wrapped in a handkerchief. However, his two eyes were already cold.
“Did you forget? You were supposed to put the medicine on me?”
“I couldn’t get the medicine. Later.”
“What a disappointment. Did you forget about your injured brother while you were flirting with guys?”
“I’m tired. Let’s talk later.”
“I want to hear it now. Why are you so angry? Am I interrupting the good time you had with that guy? Or are you already having a good time and now you feel like I’m an obstacle?”
Adele let out a soft sigh.
“Think as you please. But don’t involve Mark in our problems.”
“Mark? Are you even calling each other by our first names now?”
“It’s none of your business.”
Adele’s head was pounding, so she pressed her temples. The stories she had heard in the palace garden were ringing in her ears. She hated Christine for deceiving her and approaching her. She was so pathetic that she had fallen for him without a plan.
Still, she didn’t want to let him go. He was just like the Princess’s man, so what could she do?
To be honest, she didn’t even know what she wanted. She doesn’t know. Now that she was drunk, her mind was a mess. She just wanted to forget everything and fall asleep.
“Just leave. Please.”
Adele pleaded, but there was no response from him. Adele raised her head and met his calmly looking down blue-gray eyes. A cool breeze seemed to flow into her heart. A chill ran down her spine, and her body trembled with an unknown thrill.
“Take it off, Adele.”
Adele’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Wh, what...?”
“If you borrow someone else’s clothes, you should take good care of them and return them. Are you going to sleep wearing them?"
Adele finally realized that she was wearing Mark’s wife’s clothes.
“I’ll take care of it.”
“No, you’re too drunk to control yourself. What if those worn-out clothes rip? You’re going to need help.”
He approached the bedside in a creepy, soft voice. Like someone who was really worried.
“I'm not that drunk.”
“Then take them off. I’ll see if you’re okay.”
He sat down on the edge of the bed. The mattress tilted slightly, and she felt his weight. Adele gasped as she realized that she was in the same bed as him.
“What... what... are you doing?”
“Nothing.”
He raised both hands as if surrendering. All the while, his cold, calm gaze was persistently attached to her.
Just feeling his gaze up close made Adele feel her skin flush. Even though she was wearing clothes, she felt as if she had been stripped naked and exposed.
“Your neck is red. Do you think I’m a man?”
“Nonsense!”
Adele, who had been hit hard, pulled away.
Then the corners of Christine’s mouth went up cruelly. Like a cat that had successfully cornered a mouse into a corner.
“Then you must be getting drunk again. So much so that you need help taking off your clothes.”
“...!”
Adele realized that she had been fooled by his pun.
“It doesn’t matter because you don’t think of me as a man. I just want to help you take off your clothes.”
Christine reached out for Adele’s blouse button.
“Ugh!”
The moment her hands touched, Adele groaned involuntarily, and their eyes met.
Her heart pounded at the intense gaze, so she quickly turned her head away.
However, Christine grabbed her chin faster.
He didn’t allow Adele to look away. He whispered, firmly applying force to the hand holding her chin.
“Look at me, Adele.”
His voice was like a spell.
Adele looked into his eyes. Just looking at those endless, swamp-like blue-gray eyes made her dizzy.
Her strength slowly released, and the heat inside her body rose, making her feel unbearable.
Fear, resentment, self-pity, and lust...
All of those emotions were tangled together, making her head chaotic.
Tears welled up in her eyes that were gradually turning red. The emotions that had been suppressed finally passed the critical point and flowed out.
“...kSob!”
Startled by the sound of her sobs, Adele quickly covered her mouth, but...
“Shhh... Adele...”
Christine gently called her name and lowered his red lips to her wet eyes.
His warm tongue gently licked the tears.
It was as sincere and heartbreaking as an animal healing a wound.
His lips naturally moved back to the bridge of her nose and cheeks.
Chook, Chook...
The sticky and strange sound of the kiss seemed to hypnotize Adele.
His lips were so sweet and soft that she wanted to indulge more and more deeply.
At that moment, it seemed like all reason had melted away like snow.
Adele caressed his cheek like a possessed person and rubbed her lips against his lips. Their soft and gentle skins touched and squished together, conveying the temperature of their boiling blood.
At that moment, they were madly yearning for each other more deeply.
Whoosh!
Christine lay her down on the bed like a nimble animal and climbed on top of her.
In the meantime, their lips continued to rub against each other, and their warm breaths entangled.
The strange breathing sounds they heard every time paralyzed their reason.
Adele couldn’t come to her senses as the kiss became thicker, more obscene, and even more desperate than ten years ago.
The more she did, the faster her heart beat and the more she gasped. But he didn’t even give her a moment to breathe and kept pushing her forward.
“S-stop...”
Adele barely turned her head to stop the kiss, but he rushed at her again and devoured her lips like an animal. Then he quickly unbuttoned her blouse.
No, if we keep doing this...!
Adele suddenly came to her senses.
“Hey, wait a minute... huff!”
Adele pushed him away, but he seemed to intend to keep going like a galloping horse.
The kiss and the hands that were taking off her clothes became more urgent and rough, as if they were rushing.
“...huff!”
In the end, Christine let out a soft moan and stopped the kiss. There was blood on the back of his hand that he had wiped her lips with.
“S, sorry. I guess I was too drunk and I was out of sorts for a moment.”
She hurriedly got out of bed, wearing only a skimpy chemise. Her vision was still dizzy, as if she hadn’t fully sobered up yet.
“So?”
A cold voice came from behind her.
“Huh?”
When Adele turned around, he looked completely different from before.
His eyes seemed to have darkened, and she felt a strange sense of discomfort.
“You’re still selfish, Adele. You always start and end as you please.”
Wheeing...
In an instant, all the candles and fireplace lights in the bedroom went out. Now all that was left was the faint light streaming in from the window, where rain was dripping down. They could barely see each other’s figures in that light.
For some reason, Adele felt scared and wanted to run away.
“Oh, I have to get the fire.”
As she was about to leave the bedroom,
“Just stay!”
Christine grabbed her shoulders fiercely.
“Ah!”
Adele cried out in pain, but he put more strength into the hands that held her shoulders. He was determined not to let her go again.
It didn’t matter if she held onto him for the rest of her life.
If he can’t have it, he’ll regret it more.
His breathing in the darkness was very rough. It was a rough and scary sound like an animal.
His shaking shoulders seemed to have become much bigger than before, and Adele’s whole body trembled. This didn’t seem like Christine. She was scared, as if she had been caught by a beast.
“It hurts.. Chris...”
Christine stared blankly at her as she pleaded.
A small and delicate woman. She looked like a pitiful herbivore, trembling in fear. The more she did, the more her sweet smell tempted the predator.
What on earth did you believe in to do this...
“You started, but I’ll finish.”
It was when he pulled Adele’s chemise down from her shoulders in one breath.
“It’s miserable...”
A sobbing sound was heard in the darkness.
When Christine paused, Adele stared straight at him.
“Don’t you know? I know why you’re doing this, but how miserable it feels to not be able to push you away...”
“What are you talking about?”
“The blank document, that’s why.”
Flash!
At the same time, lightning struck, and the outside of the window turned purple. He met green eyes filled with tears. He let go of Adele’s hand without realizing it.
“How...?”
Adele smiled bitterly with a dejected face.
“Yes, I have the blank document. Is that why you approached me? You need to take it so you can marry the Princess?”
He didn’t make any excuses. He didn’t know what he felt for Adele.
Why did he approach this woman when he had tried to forget her for the rest of his life? Is it really because of the blank document?
Or is there still something he regrets?
Damn, that can’t be!
“You’re quick-witted, Adele.”
Adele’s face was wounded.
“I told you earlier... If you needed it, I could give it to you.”
“I’m glad we can talk.”
At that moment, Adele’s face looked like a herbivore that had been driven to the edge of a cliff with a wound.
“Yes, so... That’s all for deceiving me, Chris.”
She pulled up her disheveled chemise and left the bedroom.
In front of the bedroom hallway, Zimmer and Tanya were watching the situation inside with anxious faces.
“Miss!”
Tanya, who saw Adele in a thin chemise, quickly brought a blanket and wrapped it around her. Adele smiled at Tanya, who was very worried.
“I’m fine.”
“Nothing... was wrong?”
“Would you like some warm black tea?”
“Yes, I’ll make some right away.”
Adele also spoke to Zimmer behind her.
“Please pack your bags and leave as soon as it’s light, Sir Zimmer.”
She walked calmly down the hallway as if nothing had happened.
“I’ll take care of it.”
“No, you’re too drunk to control yourself. What if those worn-out clothes rip? You’re going to need help.”
He approached the bedside in a creepy, soft voice. Like someone who was really worried.
“I'm not that drunk.”
“Then take them off. I’ll see if you’re okay.”
He sat down on the edge of the bed. The mattress tilted slightly, and she felt his weight. Adele gasped as she realized that she was in the same bed as him.
“What... what... are you doing?”
“Nothing.”
He raised both hands as if surrendering. All the while, his cold, calm gaze was persistently attached to her.
Just feeling his gaze up close made Adele feel her skin flush. Even though she was wearing clothes, she felt as if she had been stripped naked and exposed.
“Your neck is red. Do you think I’m a man?”
“Nonsense!”
Adele, who had been hit hard, pulled away.
Then the corners of Christine’s mouth went up cruelly. Like a cat that had successfully cornered a mouse into a corner.
“Then you must be getting drunk again. So much so that you need help taking off your clothes.”
“...!”
Adele realized that she had been fooled by his pun.
“It doesn’t matter because you don’t think of me as a man. I just want to help you take off your clothes.”
Christine reached out for Adele’s blouse button.
“Ugh!”
The moment her hands touched, Adele groaned involuntarily, and their eyes met.
Her heart pounded at the intense gaze, so she quickly turned her head away.
However, Christine grabbed her chin faster.
He didn’t allow Adele to look away. He whispered, firmly applying force to the hand holding her chin.
“Look at me, Adele.”
His voice was like a spell.
Adele looked into his eyes. Just looking at those endless, swamp-like blue-gray eyes made her dizzy.
Her strength slowly released, and the heat inside her body rose, making her feel unbearable.
Fear, resentment, self-pity, and lust...
All of those emotions were tangled together, making her head chaotic.
Tears welled up in her eyes that were gradually turning red. The emotions that had been suppressed finally passed the critical point and flowed out.
“...kSob!”
Startled by the sound of her sobs, Adele quickly covered her mouth, but...
“Shhh... Adele...”
Christine gently called her name and lowered his red lips to her wet eyes.
His warm tongue gently licked the tears.
It was as sincere and heartbreaking as an animal healing a wound.
His lips naturally moved back to the bridge of her nose and cheeks.
Chook, Chook...
The sticky and strange sound of the kiss seemed to hypnotize Adele.
His lips were so sweet and soft that she wanted to indulge more and more deeply.
At that moment, it seemed like all reason had melted away like snow.
Adele caressed his cheek like a possessed person and rubbed her lips against his lips. Their soft and gentle skins touched and squished together, conveying the temperature of their boiling blood.
At that moment, they were madly yearning for each other more deeply.
Whoosh!
Christine lay her down on the bed like a nimble animal and climbed on top of her.
In the meantime, their lips continued to rub against each other, and their warm breaths entangled.
The strange breathing sounds they heard every time paralyzed their reason.
Adele couldn’t come to her senses as the kiss became thicker, more obscene, and even more desperate than ten years ago.
The more she did, the faster her heart beat and the more she gasped. But he didn’t even give her a moment to breathe and kept pushing her forward.
“S-stop...”
Adele barely turned her head to stop the kiss, but he rushed at her again and devoured her lips like an animal. Then he quickly unbuttoned her blouse.
No, if we keep doing this...!
Adele suddenly came to her senses.
“Hey, wait a minute... huff!”
Adele pushed him away, but he seemed to intend to keep going like a galloping horse.
The kiss and the hands that were taking off her clothes became more urgent and rough, as if they were rushing.
***
“...huff!”
In the end, Christine let out a soft moan and stopped the kiss. There was blood on the back of his hand that he had wiped her lips with.
“S, sorry. I guess I was too drunk and I was out of sorts for a moment.”
She hurriedly got out of bed, wearing only a skimpy chemise. Her vision was still dizzy, as if she hadn’t fully sobered up yet.
“So?”
A cold voice came from behind her.
“Huh?”
When Adele turned around, he looked completely different from before.
His eyes seemed to have darkened, and she felt a strange sense of discomfort.
“You’re still selfish, Adele. You always start and end as you please.”
Wheeing...
In an instant, all the candles and fireplace lights in the bedroom went out. Now all that was left was the faint light streaming in from the window, where rain was dripping down. They could barely see each other’s figures in that light.
For some reason, Adele felt scared and wanted to run away.
“Oh, I have to get the fire.”
As she was about to leave the bedroom,
“Just stay!”
Christine grabbed her shoulders fiercely.
“Ah!”
Adele cried out in pain, but he put more strength into the hands that held her shoulders. He was determined not to let her go again.
It didn’t matter if she held onto him for the rest of her life.
If he can’t have it, he’ll regret it more.
His breathing in the darkness was very rough. It was a rough and scary sound like an animal.
His shaking shoulders seemed to have become much bigger than before, and Adele’s whole body trembled. This didn’t seem like Christine. She was scared, as if she had been caught by a beast.
“It hurts.. Chris...”
Christine stared blankly at her as she pleaded.
A small and delicate woman. She looked like a pitiful herbivore, trembling in fear. The more she did, the more her sweet smell tempted the predator.
What on earth did you believe in to do this...
“You started, but I’ll finish.”
It was when he pulled Adele’s chemise down from her shoulders in one breath.
“It’s miserable...”
A sobbing sound was heard in the darkness.
When Christine paused, Adele stared straight at him.
“Don’t you know? I know why you’re doing this, but how miserable it feels to not be able to push you away...”
“What are you talking about?”
“The blank document, that’s why.”
Flash!
At the same time, lightning struck, and the outside of the window turned purple. He met green eyes filled with tears. He let go of Adele’s hand without realizing it.
“How...?”
Adele smiled bitterly with a dejected face.
“Yes, I have the blank document. Is that why you approached me? You need to take it so you can marry the Princess?”
He didn’t make any excuses. He didn’t know what he felt for Adele.
Why did he approach this woman when he had tried to forget her for the rest of his life? Is it really because of the blank document?
Or is there still something he regrets?
Damn, that can’t be!
“You’re quick-witted, Adele.”
Adele’s face was wounded.
“I told you earlier... If you needed it, I could give it to you.”
“I’m glad we can talk.”
At that moment, Adele’s face looked like a herbivore that had been driven to the edge of a cliff with a wound.
“Yes, so... That’s all for deceiving me, Chris.”
She pulled up her disheveled chemise and left the bedroom.
***
In front of the bedroom hallway, Zimmer and Tanya were watching the situation inside with anxious faces.
“Miss!”
Tanya, who saw Adele in a thin chemise, quickly brought a blanket and wrapped it around her. Adele smiled at Tanya, who was very worried.
“I’m fine.”
“Nothing... was wrong?”
“Would you like some warm black tea?”
“Yes, I’ll make some right away.”
Adele also spoke to Zimmer behind her.
“Please pack your bags and leave as soon as it’s light, Sir Zimmer.”
She walked calmly down the hallway as if nothing had happened.
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