Chapter 41

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Chapter 41 – You Look Like You’re In Pain

There was a swarm of desires within his glowing gaze. The sound of harsh breaths made his body and mind heat, set ablaze when their lips met.

It was a light kiss at first. Her soft lips came down as if crushing him, sweet as a forbidden fruit. Their lips parted and his tongue slipped into her mouth teasingly, lust cresting like a storm-blown wave. His stomach tightened.

“Hnnng…” Ashia let out a sound.

The soft noises they made dragged an exhilarating, ticklish sensation up their backs. The heat in his body also grew diligently along with the rising emotions.

’I want to stroke her cheek. From her slender neck to her fair shoulders.

He was about to lose his reason while imagining the feeling of fullness if all that smooth skin was held in his hand.

’Haa, I don’t know whose breath it is now.’

Their breathing that became rougher, intermingled in such a short distance. The direct contact was unfamiliar, so different from his memories of promiscuity from before.

That stimulated him even more. It made him run out of control. Kalligo moaned as he moved his waist.

“Keup.”

“Ah!”

As the startled Ashia pulled away from his lips, Kaligo followed her when she moved away. His throat felt thick with desire.

“…You shouldn’t move. What were we doing?”

“Haa… Ashia.”

’I wish you could just release just one hand or an arm.’

“You want it?”

“Yes.”

“What?”

“You.”

“Let’s talk about it in detail, so that I can give you what you really want.”

She was an unstoppable evil with her soft smile, and yet it was what captivated him, mesmerized him.

“I think you know even if I don’t tell you.” Kalligo gasped. But still, he didn’t hide his desires.

Ashia looked down at Kalligo and tilted her head. “…Did you forget? You are unable to move now.”

“That…” Kaligo grinned, pretending to be relaxed as he struggled to his flickering reason. “…I think you like this look.”

“…”

He was hinting at the fact that he could break free from the bindings if he really wanted to. Ashia smiled, interested. The hand on his chest moved slowly, tracing his cheeks, then his lips, down to his neck, back to his chest.

“Eup….”

He seemed to be unfamiliar with her touch. His large muscles twitched as her fingertips made contact.

His tanned skin drenched in sweat looked sensual. This arrogant man was trembling in response to her single touch. Ashia’s heart filled with a sense of satisfaction. His hazy red eyes looking up at her made the area around her chest tingle.

’How much heartache had I had because of this man during those times?’

A subtle joy erupted inside her when she saw that very man straddle the border of pleasure and pain below him.

“There were times when I thought about how I could make you suffer.”

“…”

Ashia’s fingers continued to move over the scar on the left side of his chest. Kaligo, on the other hand, was busy reacting to the stimulation, only half-hearing her.

“You look like you’re in enough pain now.” Ashia grinned and leaned down over his lips,

Kaligo rushed in as if he was waiting for her. He could only use his lips and tongue and it stoked a deep part within.

Longing made the air in the room heavy.

As if enjoying his reaction, Ashia fell in love for a moment while kissing her immobilized ex-husband. He was a man whom her hands couldn’t reach during their five years of marriage. Now, she was kissing him.

’I think I can understand now why it’s possible for kissing to lead to more.’

“Eu-heup!”

His hips bucked. It was certainly something he did unconsciously, but thanks to that, the nasal sound mixed with her breathing became deeper and deeper. It wasn’t only their hearts that burned.

“Huh?!”

Kalligo suddenly hugged her tightly. It was because his hands and arms which had been clinging to the bed sheet and unable to move were suddenly released from their bondage. He grabbed her body and quickly flipped their positions.

Asha looked up at Kalligo with surprised eyes. “H-how…”

Kalligo smiled at her and growled in a low voice, “…Let’s say that instinct prevails over reason.”

“…”

’Does a person’s feelings change depending on the location?’

They were so close that the tip of their noses touched. Kaligo’s gaze looking down at Ashia was ferocious.

It was similar to the state he was in during a seizure. The other thing was they had a different dynamic than back then. It was as if she had become prey thrown in front of a ferociously hungry beast. Kaligo’s eyes were glistening as if he would devour every inch of her.

“Ka… ligo.”

His brow wrinkled as she called his name in a small voice. He bowed his head to the nape of her neck. He caressed her cheek and neckline with his lips. Something hot pressed against her leg.

“Heut…”

Ashia took a deep breath at the unfamiliar feeling. Kaligo’s movements stopped for a moment at her reaction, but it seemed like he had no intention of biting her. His desire for her body seemed to have not been enough.

The man finally let go of his reason. He gasped and drank in all of her as if he had met an oasis. Even so, he felt like his body was getting drier. He hugged her even tighter as a moan of excitement and pleasure escaped her. It was as if his longing for her had not subsided at all.

His hand gently caressing her body finally passed down her thigh and reached her knee. Slowly—very slowly—he grabbed both her knees, spread them apart, and settled between them. He pulled her lower body against himself, her dress hiking up.

“Mmmm… heuk!”

It must have been a huge stimulus for him. He bit Ashia’s lips and tongue as he diligently moved his hands. His hands were nimble as he began to undo her shirt. He undid the buttons, one by one, until he finally reached the last button at the end,

– Think of the many potions we drank while playing, Grand Duke.

– How long was it? It could take 10 to 20 years for all of those ingredients to disappear.

-…With a body like that, would you be able to hold the woman you have in your heart? Trying to get pregnant in a hurry, huh? Do you think a normal child could be born?

Desian’s words suddenly flashed in his mind. His reason came back to him in an instant. A startled Kaligo hurriedly pulled away from her.

“…Kaligo?” Ashia sat up at his bewildered expression, rearranging her clothes.

His eyes shook. He looked at Ashia for a moment, then reached out to her face. But he put his hand down.

“Are you… alright?”

“What?”

It was Ashia who approached Kaligo first after seeing his strange expression. She cupped his cheek and asked again, “What’s going on all of a sudden?”

“…”

’Fortunately, she seemed fine.’

However, it was possible that the ingredients that remained in his body were passed on to her.

“Ashia…”

“Yes.”

Kaligo said in a gloomy voice as he buried his face into Ashia’s palm, “There is a problem…”

’Crazy b*st*rd. How many years have passed since you exercised abstinence, and yet you cannot resist the temptation and had this kind of accident? Maybe this would be an irreversible situation with the kiss from a while ago.’

Kaligo blamed himself for this brief moment. He couldn’t easily pull his lips away. At this point when they were just beginning to be honest with each other, he had to confess to her that he had a body that couldn’t hold her for the rest of her life.

“I…” his voice was dull.

“A problem, you say… What do you mean by that?” Ashia’s eyes filled with concern.

Kaligo looked at her with a sluggish gaze, then opened his mouth with difficulty, “This body.”

“Yes.”

He continued his words after pausing for a moment, “… It was very dirty.”

Ashia’s eyes widened. Rather than being surprised, she had a bewildered expression when she heard such nonsense.

Kaligo continued to speak with desperation, “My body still has the ingredients of the potions Kaligo Etous drank.”

“…”

“They may have been passed on to you. Maybe somehow with the kiss…” He took a deep breath, rubbing his face with one hand. “I can’t transfer those filthy ingredients to you. Just now, I… lost my mind.”

A faint sigh escaped through Ashia’s teeth, who had been quietly listening. He couldn’t even look into her eyes.

“…So that’s why you stopped now? You were afraid those medicinal ingredients would transfer to me?”

“…”

“It was the Crown Prince, right? The person who gave you those potions and the person who said that those ingredients would remain in your body?”

Kaligo looked at Ashia with a ‘how-did-you-know expression’ on his face. Ashia remembered the two of them having a fistfight outside the store.

‘I was wondering what kind of conversation you had, but it was about potions.’

As if exhilarated, Ashia let out a sigh. “Were you swayed by the words of someone who has no medical knowledge? You two trusted each other that much?”

“…”

“Where did the cool and rational Kaligo go?”

“No matter how hard I try, I can’t keep my cool in matters involving you.”

Ashia pursed her lips. She herself couldn’t make a rational decision when it come to things related to Kaligo. After a brief silence, Ashia got up from the bed.

“Fine, we will start the inspection.”

(T/N: I swear, I thought nothing with the word ‘inspection’, promise [wheezing inside])

“An inspection?”

“I need to know what ingredients will come out of your body so I can do something about it—whether or not I can make an antidote for it or have to stop meeting you.”

“…”

’That’s true, but a sudden inspection? What kind of test are you going to do?’

There was a moment of silence. His innocent red eyes looked at Ashia. Then her gaze slowly trailed away from his eyes. Kaligo followed her eyes down towards his navel, somewhere down there.

(T/N: Maybe I really needed my popcorn at this point hehehe ???? [bunny wheezing for the nth time])

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