‘Don’t tell me, it can’t be that. He can’t go that far.’
Rosetta feared if the gift meant what she thought it was. Her body stiffened. Sihael frowned, perhaps offended by her sensitive response.
“It’s not a couple ring, it’s just a birthday gift.”
Them becoming a couple was already a problem since she hadn’t even thought about it by herself.
“I,”
“I know that you don’t think of me more than a friend.”
“I’m sorry,”
“There’s no need for you to apologise.”
Rosetta closed her lips at the curt words. Sihael grabbed her stiff hand. He put the ring on her finger, regardless of the sweat on her hands.
“You said it wasn’t a couple ring.”
Then why are you putting it on my left ring finger? Sihael shrugged his shoulders when Rosetta glared at him as he opened her left hand.
“Yes, not now.”
What, so are you going to make it a couple ring later?
Rosetta, who was breathing heavily, gripped the back of his hand in surprise when his palm blocked her view.
“Your Highness?”
“You’ll get more confused if I’m next to you, so I’ll go first.”
Why did you cover my eyes? Then, in an inexplicable action, he grabbed her wrist.
His soft lips pressed against her forehead.
Kiss.
“What…?”
By the time her vision cleared, Sihael had already gone far away. Rosetta groped her forehead with a bewildered expression. A pink hue slowly spread from her neck and covered her face.
“Oh, by the way, Rosetta. I lied when I said that I’d swallow you.”
Just before leaving the study, Sihael turned around and smiled. When she saw the playful smile tugging at his lips, she had an uneasy feeling that a bigger bomb was about to fall.
“I’ll wait until you eat me.”
“Are you crazy?”
The flying cushion hit the door and rolled on the floor. Outside the door, she could hear Sihael’s refreshing laughter. Rosetta pressed her heated forehead.
‘I got teased again!’
Not only the forehead, but also the face was flushed with heat.
After staring at the door for a while, Rosetta suddenly realized one thing.
“I must be crazy.”
It seemed crazy, but she didn’t hate the current situation.
Rather…
As the thought continued there, Rosetta screamed and buried her face in the sofa.
* * *
With a click, Sihael closed the door and laughed at the screams coming from beyond the door. The last words were half teasing, and half hoping that Rosetta would think of hIm for a very long time.
“She will run away from me for a while.”
Now that he had confessed to her properly, Rosetta will not let down her guard.
‘Can I now hold her hand?’
However, Sihael did not regret it. He couldn’t act like a kid playing house with her forever.
Cautious, ticklish love was good, but he wanted to reach out a little more and get closer to her.
And if he didn’t make his feelings for her clear like today, Rosetta might have again treated him as usual. Now that he had finished confessing, there was nothing holding Sihael back.
All that remained was to capture Rosetta’s heart.
‘Should I use my body?’
All that Sihael could offer her was his beautiful face and body, and the title of crown prince. Fortunately, he was Rosetta’s ideal type. The problem was that Rosetta would get angry if he took off his clothes, so he couldn’t carelessly try that. If done incorrectly, it was likely to have the opposite effect.
In the end, the only thing he could trust was his face.
‘When will I get eaten by her?’
When his thoughts reached that point, Sihael let out a big smile. It hadn’t even been that long since he confessed, and here he was already thinking about the distant future. He couldn’t help but laugh at himself. Rosetta becoming conscious of his feelings was a sufficient achievement, but his greed opened its mouth endlessly and swallowed him.
“Your Highness, where have you been? What about Rosetta?”
Lanoa, who had just turned the corner, blocked his way.
“In the study.”
“Why is she there… Why do your lips look like that?”
Seeing his bloody lips, Lanoa frowned. Lanoa clicked his tongue at the wounds and the delicate, peeled skin with tooth marks.
Sihael pressed his thumb against the wound. A sharp pain spread. It was all thanks to this pain that he was able to stay lucid and resist the sweet temptations that made his lower half feel heavy. To Sihael, this was not a wound, but a medal. Meanwhile, Lanoa frowned, instinctively feeling repulsed by the smile that Rosetta would have praised.
‘Even though he’s sly, he’s not a promiscuous person.’
Lanoa narrowed his eyes at the red alarm that went off in his head.
‘Wait, there’s no way this guy would meet someone else over Rosetta.’
Sparks flew from Lanoa’s eyes when he thought that Rosetta and Sihael had done something inappropriate. Of course, it felt like a long way off.
“Your Highness, if you did anything to Rosetta-”
“I was holding back because of Rosetta’s blood, so relax your glare.”
Blood. Lanoa, who widened his eyes at the word, raised his voice.
“Is Rosetta hurt?”
Sihael suddenly remembered Anisha Duqran.
Her eyes seemed crazy as if she had a screw missing somewhere in her head. Her gaze was firmly fixed on Rosetta.
However it wasn’t just a gaze full of jealousy.
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