I Had No Complaints About This Marriage - Chapter 21
“Of course not!”
Now that she was the lady of the house, she needed to learn about his assets and businesses—and whenever he taught her, her eyes burned brighter than ever. Even though his wealth had been halved after cutting ties with Telloien.
“It’s wonderful.”
The way she seemed to adore anything his hands had touched pricked at his nerves. But that wasn’t all.
“Can I… make a suggestion too?”
“A suggestion?”
“This sapphire mine here.”
Her eyes sparkled as she pointed at the educational map spread before them. With unshakable confidence, Esina indicated a sapphire mine that had no buyers due to its lack of productivity and boldly declared.
“Can’t you—no, can’t you buy this for me?”
He had noticed she’d changed. Gone was the girl who once faded into the background—now she charged forward with unexpected boldness, and there was something oddly endearing about it.
Still, he hadn’t expected her to outright demand he buy something for her, so Herman’s brows lifted slightly. It wasn’t that he lacked the funds.
‘She could’ve picked something better. Why this?’
There was no need to purchase an unprofitable mine, and as his wife, Esina should have been aiming for only the best. But his attempt to dissuade her was cut short by her next words.
“It’s not… for me! I’ll give it to you as a gift.”
“…You’re going to buy me a gift with my own money?”
“Well… I-I’ve never given you anything from my family.”
“Your dowry.”
“That wasn’t money for me to spend, was it?”
Her eyes looked strangely lonely—as if she’d wanted to buy him something but had no means to.
‘Roger.’
He had felt a twinge of guilt toward his old friend, who’d suffered losses because of this marriage, but seeing that look in Esina’s eyes made that guilt evaporate. The fact that she hadn’t been given any proper allowance was undoubtedly Roger’s doing.
“So, someday, I’ll give you something with my own money.”
“There’s no need for that.”
“Anyway, can’t you buy this? I want to give it to you.”
“…A sapphire mine?”
“Yes. A sapphire mine.”
Hah— Herman barely managed to swallow back the scoff rising in his throat. A realization struck him like lightning—why she was so fixated on this mine, of all things.
‘Sapphire.’
His birthstone.
The moment the thought occurred, he found himself staring at Esina without meaning to.
The same Esina who had married him because she liked him. The same Esina who stubbornly refused to let go of those feelings, no matter how many times he told her to.
He should have sharply reprimanded her, told her to bury those emotions for good—but strangely, the words wouldn’t come. As Herman stiffly rubbed his chin, Esina gazed up at him, her eyes bright with hope.
“Hm?”
In the end, that day concluded with him actually buying the sapphire mine. And that wasn’t even the end of it.
‘Every time I’m with other women, she stares like that.’
Perhaps remembering his insistence on respecting each other’s privacy, she never outright complained or acted jealous—but her gaze clung to him relentlessly. And every time, Herman found himself inexplicably unsettled.
Her opinion shouldn’t have mattered. He could simply ignore it and carry on as usual.
Yet the truth was, he found himself strangely disinterested in rolling around with other women these days. Perhaps it was because all his recent desires had been thoroughly satisfied by Esina. Even now, as she recklessly pressed her lips to his, his c**k swelled unbearably hard.
It was vexing how openly his wife still wore her affection for him—but the real problem was how his lower body responded just as fiercely when she acted this boldly.
“Nn, mmph…!”
Herman pushed his tongue past the barrier of Esina’s small mouth, sucking deeply.
“Hah…!”
Esina moaned into him, clinging desperately. Fumbling with his belt buckle, Herman guided his throbbing length to her soaked entrance.
