Chapter 58: A Truthful Heart

Chapter 58: A Truthful Heart

Cassadin confessed to me once more, now free from his title as my younger brother.

Without responding, I took a moment to take in Cassadins face for the first time in a while.

Silvery hair and neat eyebrows drawn right below them, deep purple eyes that held my reflection within them, finished off with thinly pursed light pink lips.

I brushed my hand against my lips that had touched his. Maybe that had been because it didnt feel like we had actually kissed. Or maybe it was because it felt like a dream that he had come back to me.

Perhaps it was both.

When I didnt respond, Cassadin hugged me even tighter, likely anxious by the silence. Completely locking me in his embrace, Cassadin buried his face into my shoulder.

The breath that touched my neck felt hot. I heard a racing heartbeat in my ears. For some reason, I felt relieved hearing his heart that sounded as if it could burst at any moment.

Then, Cassadin asked me in a sinking voice with his head still on my shoulder,

Do you hate me?

You know that couldnt possibly be true, Cassadin.

No.

Listening to Cassadins heartbeat, I brought up my hand to his back. Even with a robe on, I could feel his toned muscles with my fingertips.

I dont hate you.

My hatred and resentment towards you had already been long gone. The fact that you still liked me and that you came back to me.This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

That was all that mattered to me.

Hearing that I didnt hate him, he slowly raised his head up from my shoulder.

May I kiss you one more time?

Cassadin asked me with his eyes staring straight at me. His deep purple eyes were filled only with me.

There was nothing else that you could see in them other than me.

Would it be strange for me to find comfort in that?

Instead of responding to Cassadins question, I raised my heels and gave a short peck on his lips.

Cassadins eyes widened. And those widened eyes then fluttered down as if relieved. Unable to determine who was first, our lips collided together.

Inside the moonlit room, our breaths intertwined. Cassadin stole away my breath, and I stole his.

Like a persistent, thirsted passion, we craved for one another. Haah. When our lips parted because I could no longer breathe, Cassadin reeled my waist in with his arm as if he couldnt wait for even that short moment.

Not yet.

Without even a second to collect my breath, Cassadin once again swallowed up what was left of me. My body and mind threatened to melt down from the kiss that stole away every last breath I had within.

It was only when my mind was starting to fade out that he pulled away with a regretful expression.

Taking in short breaths, I stared up at Cassadins face through dazed eyes.

But then, he licked away the remaining moist that had been left on my lips. Seeing that had been so sensual that it made my face redden just watching him.

Seeing my flushed face, he kissed my forehead once more before lifting my body up with his arms and sitting me down on the bed.

After placing me down, Cassadin leaned forward towards me. I remembered seeing the same eyes he had now multiple times in the past.

With that same expression I had once avoided out of fear, Cassadin was staring at me.

His gaze tangled around me. What I saw were eyes blinded by unconditional madness, but those eyes no longer scared me.

I had tried to deny it. Because after once dying to a person I trusted, I thought it would be foolish for me to trust a man whom I didnt know well.

But when you whispered your truth to me, you shone so brightly that I couldnt look at you. You had claimed that you were dirty, but it was you who shone brighter than the sun.

Because it was you who had been so clean and so beautiful that Id become blinded.

I couldnt take my eyes off of you.

So I continued to deny my feelings. I tried to shove you and me into the frame of siblings and suppress my emotions.

But then, one day, you, who I thought would always be beside me, turned away from the family and left me.

It was only after you left that I realized.

How big your absence was and how precious you were to me.

I longed for your kind, compassionate touch. I missed the beautiful smile that you had only shown me.

If it had been my past self, then it would have been natural for me to be angry that you kissed me without permission.

But, now. I was overjoyed just by the fact that you came back to me.

I liked that you still liked me.

I even liked your unconditional affection.

Since when have I fallen so deeply into you?

The reason I had pushed you away all this time was because I didnt want you in my heart. Because I didnt want you to cause turmoil in me, as I had caused turmoil in you.

To think that I, who only planned on using you, had fallen for you this deeply.

Everything about you brought me joy. It didnt matter if others called me mad. Because at some point that I didnt realize, Id completely sunk into you.

Perhaps this was retribution for daring to tame you. If that was a sin, and if being with you was a sin, then I was more than willing to accept the consequences.

Youve tricked me.

Havent you also tricked me?

Alright. Since youve shown me all of you, it should be alright to show you all of me. Just like how youve been honest to me, I will now tell you everything.

I told Cassadin the reason why I had brought him here and why I had approached Damian. Cassadin quietly listened to my explanation.

It was a lie when I told Damian I had fallen for him at first sight.

If you hadnt fallen for him, then why did you bother to go all the way to his prison cell to tell him that?

To protect you. If he figured out that you were the one who tried to poison the Crown Prince, then I thought he would steal you away from me.

Swallowing back those words, I decided to tell Cassadin the truth. The truth that I knew and the truth that I heard from Prophet Notius.

The father of that man was the one who destroyed your kingdom. Ive learned that he used a prophecy as an excuse to annihilate the kingdom you were a part of.

It was the prophecy that a potential tyrant was born that caused the destruction of your peaceful kingdom.

Even if that prophecy had been true, that didnt make them the ones chosen for that prophecy.

Why couldnt those people be satisfied with what they already had? Or was it that if they couldnt obtain it with their own power, no one else could have it either?

Bottomless desire was truly fruitless.

Cassadin had been quietly listening to my words. Then, a dark shadow had drawn over his eyelashes, which were now angled downward.

.I see.

I caressed his cheek while he seemed to have fallen into deep thought. The tips of my fingers came into contact with soft skin.

I have healing abilities. Cassadin.

I knew of them.

Cassadin answered unhesitantly.

Wait. Since when?

I tried applying the balm youve applied to me by myself, but it didnt do anything, much less cover the scar. The decisive moment was when you healed all of the scars that had been on my body.

He honestly told me everything he knew. So, I also put my trust in him and answered him truthfully. Though our relationship started with lies, they no longer exist between us now.

Dont you hate me? For bringing you here in order to use you.

Why? Is there any reason to hate you? Youve been my salvation from start to finish.

Even knowing everything, you were able to smile and call me your salvation. How could I not like you when you were this lovely?

There is still something I have to do.

What is it?

I cannot tell you right now. But I will once everything is over.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cassadin attempted to take his leave.

When everything is resolved, I will most definitely come back.

Adding to that, Cassadin gave me a short peck on my forehead and turned around. I didnt try to hold Cassadin back.

Because I now knew that even if he left, he would return.

Come home safely. Please.

Hearing that, Cassadin turned his head to me and smiled brightly. I drank in his crescent eyes and gently curved lips.

Yes. Ill make sure to do so.

With those final words, Cassadin left my room.

After gazing at where Cassadin had last stood for a long while, I fell asleep.

Just after leaving Arens room, Cassadin stopped and stared down at his hands.

She had been the only person who had accepted his dirtied self. Her lips had been much softer than he imagined and sweeter than any fruit. To the point that any amount would never be enough.

He and Aren were no longer family. Although he had never thought of her as family since the beginning.

Cassadin tightly clenched his fists. It felt like Arens fragrant scent was still lingering at the tip of his nose.

Those blue eyes that resembled a clear lake and brilliant platinum hair always blinded him because of their beauty. At first, Cassadin had only planned to satisfy himself by watching her from afar.

However, his heart had grown so much that he could no longer control it, and he ultimately started to long for something he couldnt dare to.

But Aren had accepted him. She accepted his crooked heart. She had told him it was fine, even if they were not family.

She told him everything about herself. And that it was because of him that she approached that Damian.

He felt warmth spreading throughout his entire body.

It was warm, so warm that Cassadin never wanted to let go of this warmth again. But in order to do so, he needed to finish his own duties.

In order to stand proud next to Aren. So that no one would mock him, who loved her.

Under the bright moonlight, Cassadin gracefully moved forward.

Then, he arrived at the Founding Day festival.