Chapter 12

Growing Feelings (4)

She endured everything for her friend at the time, but that wouldn’t mean she liked Cecil.

“Are you really going to marry me?”

“You’re saying that even though I called the count and met him? No matter what, no royal family sends a proposal as a joke.”

“Still, getting married simply because I’m not afraid of you…”

Cecil stared at Rowena, who seemed to hesitate while asking. It was actually something Cecil wanted to ask.

If one asked him if he loved Rowena, he would have had nothing to say about it. But if they asked him if he liked her existence, he might have just said yes.

He became curious.

It was quite pleasant to listen to her and her voice was good to hear. It was also pleasant to see her immediately respond to what he said as a joke. When he saw a heated face, he wanted to touch it.

“Is this love?”

Even now, he could feel his heart beating faster than usual. He felt like his stomach was itchy, but if anyone asked if this was love, he would shake his head.

“What do you want to hear? Do you want me to say that I love you?”

He didn’t feel uncomfortable saying this. He would have felt annoyed if another aristocratic woman had asked him to say she loved him. But it was only cute to think Rowena wanted the word.

Although Rowena didn’t really want that word.

“How can you be so confident? It’s marriage! Divorce is not easy… Don’t you think you might hate me?”

“I don’t know… There’s one way to check,” Cecil said, looking at Rowena with curiously open eyes. Rowena looked suspiciously at Cecil.

“What’s that?”

“Don’t you think I’ll know when we kiss? Whether my heart is pounding or not.”

In a close-up whisper, Rowena unknowingly slapped Cecil on the forearm. She also forgot that her opponent was the crown prince because she was nervous.

“You’re teasing me, aren’t you?”

“Why? It’s a sure way. Just permit me.”

It made her heart pound.

His confidence was breathtaking for Rowena. Her heart beat quickly just hearing it from him, so it was clear that her heart would beat like crazy when she was kissed. But what did that prove?

“What are you doing because I’m the only one who’s affected? What about you?”

“Do you want to make my heart race?”

Cecil smirked and tapped her cheek with his fingertips.

“I think I’ll be a little excited if you kiss me here.”

I think I’ll kick him in the shin.

Rowena glared at him with a hateful smile. He was a man who was taller than she was, and several times bigger. He used to seem scary, but now she didn’t feel threatened.

I’m so nervous, but he’s just teasing…

It was so unfair that she didn’t have any experience in dating! Oddly, her face was flushed and she wanted to shake it up somehow when she saw Cecil making fun of her with a face.

That’s probably why. She moved her body without realizing it.

Kiss.

Grabbing Cecil by the shoulder, she stepped on her feet and kissed his lips first. That stopped the playful smile.

“What?”

Rowena, who committed the crime, froze when she saw Cecil’s blue eyes widen. The hand that held him by the shoulder was caught by the wrist before it fell off.

“Huh, hmph?!”

In an instant, her body leaned into Cecil’s arms, and a solid arm wrapped around her waist. Her upper body seemed to be tilting, but Cecil’s hot and soft lips kissed Rowena’s lips as if swallowing them.

“Hak, mhm…”

Her eyes were wide open. Her whole body heated up as his moist tongue penetrated her mouth.

He was right. Their hearts beat like crazy. The pounding sound was so loud that she wanted to block her ears.

Besides, his mouth-wanting tongue was obscene. Rowena gasped, unable to move her tongue properly, at the strange play of their mouths.

“Heuk…”

Cecil, who wrapped his running tongue around hers, sucked and rubbed it several times, and Rowena even shed tears. She couldn’t breathe enough, so her legs went numb. The warm and slippery feeling of their tongues was shudderingly strange.

“Hah… ho…”

As he withdrew his lips, Cecil looked at Rowena with a wet sigh. Rowena was panting, almost out of breath.

His face was as red as an apple.

“Rowena.”

“Yes?!”

Cecil didn’t let go this time, although he was visibly surprised. She was still in his arms.

“Can I bite you?”

“Yes? What…?”

Cecil’s body responded first to Rowena, who looked at him with surprised rabbit-like eyes. He bit Rowena’s cheek while licking the saliva that flowed around her mouth.

“Kya!”

After this, Cecil didn’t get slapped. He just grabbed Rowena by the wrist and took her lips once more.

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“Why are you angry? My heart was pounding.”

He blatantly lied that it was his first time but he had sucked on Rowena’s lips so much that they swelled up a bit. So he said he needed lessons from her as his bedroom teacher.

It’s definitely not his first time!

It was a kiss that made her legs go numb. Although it was her first time, it was not unpleasant to have his tongue in and run through it.