The Guide Played Her Role as a Stand-in a Little Too Well - Chapter 186
The kiss deepened.
He licked and sucked my tongue.
“……”
I closed my eyes and focused on the kiss, wrapping my arms around Hedonia’s neck. The sound of our mingling saliva was wet and obscene.
When I opened my eyes again, we were in the bedroom where we often spent sleepless nights upon my return.
Hedonia gently laid me down on the soft bed, placing his hands on either side of my neck as he climbed on top of me.
Then, he lowered his head and kissed my neck.
“Ah.”
Red marks were left everywhere. The kisses that started on my neck trailed deeply down to my collarbone.
I cried out in a hurry.
“I haven’t showered yet!”
“It’s okay. You’re beautiful no matter what.”
What does that even mean?
“If it bothers you, I’ll wash you later.”
Hedonia whispered with a playful smile.
“…Thoroughly.”
He slid his thigh between mine.
“Or we could bathe together.”
“…Ah.”
I let out a moan involuntarily as something hard touched me below.
“Shall we stop if it’s too much?”
Hedonia’s voice was terribly low. I hesitated at his words, then shook my head.
I enjoyed my time with Hedonia. I wanted him too.
…It was just that reacting to his caresses and kisses left me so weak that I forgot to express myself.
…But explaining this directly was too embarrassing.
“I like it.”
The only words I could muster up the courage to say were those. But it seemed like my words didn’t satisfy Hedonia.
“It seems I haven’t been trying hard enough.”
…What effort are you talking about? I blinked, and Hedonia spoke firmly while looking at me.
“Today, I’ll focus more on you.”
Has such words ever sounded so unsettling before?
“That’s not what I meant…”
“No, this is right. It’s unfair if only I am satisfied.”
But I was satisfied too. Did he completely forget how I cried and begged until dawn?
“Karina, maybe I couldn’t satisfy you because it was my first time.”
Hedonia sighed as he spoke in a low voice, taking off his uniform and grasping my ankle. His well-defined muscles stood out even in the dim light.
Wait, his first time?
Though Hedonia wasn’t the type to get close to others, it was hard to believe he was so skillful at caressing and making love for the first time.
He seemed to lack nothing by nature.
“See, you’re thinking about something else again.”
Hedonia whispered while unbuttoning his shirt, having kissed the back of my ankle.
I gulped, forcing my gaze upward.
“No, I was thinking about you, Lord Hedonia.”
“You should focus more on me, right here in front of you.”
Hedonia glared at me playfully before breaking into a broad smile.
“I believe we’ll become perfect as we get to know each other.”
His lips glided from my ankle up to my thigh. The touch of his cold lips against my skin was stimulating.
“There’s no one but you for me.”
A peculiar warmth started to rise.
Hedonia’s smiling face looked more sinister than I had imagined.
The persistent caresses that began were so relentless that I wanted to beg him to stop.
* * *
Not long after, I finished the letter to the Emperor.
With the enthusiastic help of Shaelock and Hedonia, I even set a date.
The letter was brief, containing only my intentions, but it conveyed my message clearly.
The Emperor’s handwritten reply arrived almost immediately, showing just how anxious he was.
Of course, his anxiety was none of my concern.
The Emperor accepted the date I proposed, which was a week from the day I received his reply.
The original visit to the mansion was canceled, and I naturally ended up staying at Hedonia’s estate.
Hedonia had dispatched people to take care of the island. Judging by the dozens of people he sent, it was likely to become even cleaner than when I stayed there.
The week passed in a blur, filled with so much activity that I could hardly remember how the time went.
Finally, the day to meet the Emperor arrived.
Pushing back my disheveled hair and looking at the clock, I saw the hands pointing to 12.
I had overslept again.
“Awake?”
Hedonia, who was lying next to me, brushed my hair back.
“It seems like you always wake up around this time.”
I glared at him and mumbled.
“…Whose fault do you think that is?”
It couldn’t be helped.
Since coming to Hedonia’s estate, I had spent most of my time in bed.
Even the Emperor’s letter, which had arrived, was read in bed with Hedonia, so that says it all.
“And I like it that way.”
Hedonia smiled broadly.
