Cinderella is... the Male Lead? - Chapter 45
The atmosphere was dangerous, as if something ominous was about to happen. Scared, Rona tried to shake off her hand, but it wasn’t easy.
“Ah, what are you doing…!”
“You’ll understand if you feel it. Not like last time, but properly.”
“What… what is this?”
Cinderella forced Rona’s hand open and pressed it against his chest. Rona’s fingertips trembled under the rough grip. The spot her hand touched was flat. No matter how small a woman’s chest might be, it couldn’t be this flat.
‘So Cinderella’s chest is small. Even during the brxxst massage, it was just bone under the collarbone, no flesh. Maybe she’s trying to show me her small chest.’
But then Cinderella suddenly pushed Rona’s small hand inside ‘her’ clothes. As Rona’s hand touched warm bare skin, a slight vibration was felt. Rona tried to pull her hand out, but Cinderella prevented her.
Rona’s face turned red as she felt a nxxple under her palm. Not just the upper chest, but the entire chest was flat.
There was only one answer.
The firm sensation was unmistakable.
Everything she had been denying now converged into a single conclusion.
Rona slowly lifted her head. The trembling green eyes met the sly blue ones. Cinderella’s fair face was slightly flushed. He—not she—pushed Rona’s hand deeper inside his clothes and whispered,
“Rona, do you understand now?”
“U-Understand w…what?”
Rona’s gaze shifted from Cinderella to the window. Her heart pounded rapidly, and her ears buzzed.
‘Cinderella is a man? I mean, I know his face is prettier than most women’s, so I never imagined… But thinking back…’
Why hadn’t she realized it sooner? Despite the delicate face, he had broad shoulders, could run faster than most men, had large hands, and occasionally his voice was lower than what would be expected from a woman. There were many incongruous things.
When Rona played dumb, Cinderella raised an eyebrow.
“You still don’t get it? Should I make it clearer?”
“Make what clearer… ah!”
Cinderella suddenly pulled her, causing Rona to fall onto him. The bed creaked heavily under the weight of both.
Cinderella spread his legs and ran a hand down Rona’s back. Realizing he was a man, a strange heat emanated from where their bodies touched. His frame was too large and firm to be a woman’s. How… Just how hadn’t she noticed? The novel’s depiction had biased her to never doubt Cinderella’s gender.
As she flailed, something… hard… and hot… pressed against her thigh.
Even through the fabric, its considerable size was apparent, moving slightly with her every motion.
Panicking, Rona instinctively tried to wriggle free, but Cinderella smiled leisurely and hugged her tightly. As her struggles subsided, his large hand slid down and firmly pressed her round b******s.
The firm, throbbing outline became even more pronounced. It felt like a flopping fish or a wriggling snake.
‘It’s hella big…’
The obvious bulk made Rona’s eyes widen to their limits. Cinderella observed her expression and burst into laughter. As he laughed, his soft blond hair fluttered in front of her eyes. He undid the front buttons of his blouse. The ruffled blouse opened to reveal a flat, firm chest.
‘So, he wasn’t just flat-chested… Even the smallest of chests wouldn’t have this kind of outline.’
The pronounced chest muscles were unmistakably male. His frame was excellent, no matter from the front or back, clearly a man’s body.
As Rona’s eyes traveled over his chest, Cinderella smirked. He took Rona’s hand and placed it on his flat chest. With a hot sigh, he whispered intimately.
“Now you understand? I’m a man who gets hard because of you.”
“Ah…”
The shock of hearing it was greater than feeling it. And to think he got hard because of her? The revelation made Rona’s head spin.
‘The Cinderella in the novel was definitely the female lead, so how is this possible? It said she met the prince at the ball and began her revenge with his consent… Wait.’
Come to think of it, the novel never explicitly confirmed Cinderella’s gender. <Cinderella With Neither Blood Nor Tears> was rated 19+ due to its brutal revenge scenes. Past-life Rona had expected at least one adult scene but was instead horrified by the excessive violence.
She had assumed Cinderella was a woman based on the romantic descriptions of her relationship with the prince, biased due to the fairy tale Cinderella. But perhaps it was trust and camaraderie, not romantic love? Was Cinderella always meant to be a man?
As if the shock of him being a man was bad enough, but to hear he was aroused because of her?
Rona’s mind flashed back to the night of the brxxst massage. She thought his insistent touch was out of curiosity, but it was because… he was horny…
Rona gulped unconsciously. She should have felt repulsed, but instead, a strange heat spread through her lower abdomen.
