Chapter 13

Growing Feelings (5)

Rowena felt it was unfair and resentful. But Cecil’s sincerity seemed to kill her if Rowena tried to meet anyone.

“If you go on like that, the count will haunt you.”

Cecil brought the potion and put it on Rowena’s lips. That alone brought Rowena’s lips back to normal soon.

Did Your Highness’s heart pound too?

Rowena’s heart leaped but she had no idea how Cecil was feeling. He must have been happy judging by how many times he had kissed her.

Rowena covered her face in the carriage, shaking.

The kiss with Cecil wasn’t offensive at all. She felt like she could live even if she married him. She was just excited to be caught by the wrist and held in his arms.

The crown princess… Maybe I can do it.

Her heart thumped violently when she thought she could go on with not only the marriage but also the next thing after it. The effect of the kiss was that intense, so she thought she would be good at it.

“…”

Rowena fiddled with Cecil’s cheek, which she had licked and even bitten slightly.

Can I handle it?

Her mouth was watering.

* * *

Cecil was cooling down in a bathtub filled with cold water. He had the intention of kissing her, but he didn’t intend to go that far. It felt better than he had expected.

“…”

Cecil frowned as he stared blankly at his lips. At his touch, the lips felt a little weaker. They looked like they were going to bleed right away.

That’s why he couldn’t resist biting her cheek. Rowena’s reaction after the bite was also quite pleasing.

“I don’t think it has ever been that sweet before.”

It was so good that he wondered if kissing could make him feel this good. He understood that Rowena was surprised because her reason melted away and he coveted her soft lips like an animal.

“Should I not have sent it?”

The date of the engagement was quite short-lived. The emperor’s condition was not good, so it was inevitably scheduled.

So Rowena would stay at the palace a few weeks later. The crown princess’ bedroom in the crown prince’s palace will be given to Rowena as her room. That’s the way it is.

Cecil’s room was a bedroom with a door between it. Of course, Cecil had no intention of sharing a bedroom with Rowena.

I’ve been trying to hold it in till a few days after marriage…

He thought his body couldn’t handle it if they used one bed, but he found out after kissing her today that he didn’t think he could stand it.

Cecil was also embarrassed because it was the first time he had been so sweet to a woman. Rowena’s impulsive kiss was a blow to the sugar.

“It was cute.”

He kissed her, and she looked surprised at his actions. At the same time, all kinds of emotional swirls in her eyes attracted Cecil. His heart was pounding at the time.

Even now, his heart was beating faster than usual. It may be because of Rowena.

Do I really have a crush on her?

He also wondered what the problem would be if the opponent was Rowena. The engagement had already been decided, and the wedding would take place within this year. She couldn’t get out of his arms for the year they had promised.

What bothered him right now was the emperor, who was dying. He who had been poisoned had already destroyed his family relatives and cut off their heads and dedicated them to his feet.

Nevertheless, his anger was not relieved.

The emperor and Cecil were not very affectionate, so it was strange.

The emperor thoroughly surrounded Cecil, his son, and paved the way for him, but he had always hoped to be a cold-blooded man. It was his teaching to be a cool, strong, and wise emperor.

He’s always been living in regret.

I feel weird.

There was a painting of a woman in the secret room hidden in the emperor’s bedroom. It was a picture of Cecil’s mother when she was a dancer.

For his sake, even though he killed her with his own hands, the emperor missed her all his life and regretted his actions. He punished the two queens who made it happen, but he couldn’t kill them.

Cecil couldn’t like such an emperor. While acknowledging his achievements as emperor, he was considered foolish as a man.

I’m not going to live like that. I’ll live my own way!

He grew his strength for it. Now he had all the power in his hands and had all the nobles at his disposal. The public’s evaluation of him was not good, but he wondered what it had to do with it.

The country was peaceful and the imperial power was more powerful than ever. Other countries were not daring to invade their country or lands either.

Now, if he got married, ascended to the throne, and gave birth to children at the right time to stabilize the throne, his task was over.

There will be many things going on as an emperor, but he could solve them as much as he wanted. He was a capable crown prince and future emperor.

“…”

Cecil frowned. He liked his position and he liked what he had to do as an emperor. But it felt like something was missing.

It felt strange, even though he had everything.

Is this why His Majesty encouraged me to get married?