The Monster Duke Mistook Me for His Wife

“Sir Dillian….”

“You want to run away? Still, I can’t help it. This kind of me, Miss Ria, was  the one who picked it up.”

 

Dillian put his forehead to mine and examined me. As if he wants me to react.

 

However, I couldn’t say anything in shock.

 

Did Dillian ever show such a blatant obsession?

 

His obsession so far was nothing compared to what it is now.

 

Dillian turned his head, seemingly disappointed that I didn’t say anything.

 

‘Disappointed? Who’s the one who should be disappointed, though?’

 

Are you sure that I hold the hand that Manus holds out? Did you believe that I would obey fate?

 

“Miss Ria just has to wait. I will remove everything that stands in our way, be it fate or obstacles.”

 

At that moment, a spark exploded in before me.

 

I reached out for Dillian, who stood up. Dillian, pushed by the sudden force, lost his balance and fell into the water.

 

It was the same with me, who slammed Dillian with my whole body.

 

Splash-! A large splash of water crashed into the air.

 

Water ran down my knee, where I sat down.

 

We exhaled like drowning mice.

 

“Now, what are you doing?”

“I should be the one asking!”

 

I screamed. My shoulders shook with emotion.

 

“Why do you talk like I’m going to leave you?”

 

It was sad that I suddenly fell into the water, and I hated Dillian for not trusting me.

 

“When did I say I was going to the 3rd prince? Did I say, that bastard was my fate?”

 

My eyes, which were dyed red due to the rising heat, gradually became cloudy.

 

At the same time, Dillian’s face also shook.

 

He looked confused, so what?

 

“If it is fate, who believes in such fate? I don’t believe it! I won’t believe it!”

 

I couldn’t resist and hit the water, but then I lowered my head.

 

“The one I like is you…. But why do you say it so badly….”

 

Damn, I didn’t want to confess like this.

 

I wanted to say that I like him with neatly decorated, well-chosen words.

 

Tears that could not overcome gravity fell to the surface of the water.

 

‘Ah, crap, ridiculous, why am I crying?’

 

I rubbed my drenched eyes, not knowing whether it was tears or pond water.

 

I glared at Dillian with red eyes.

 

“Whether to kill that bastard or not, do as you please! I don’t care if the person I met for the first time today dies or not!”

 

I shot fiercely and pointed at him.

 

“You don’t even know I’m worried about you, and you just keep talking nonsense! You idiot!”

 

Having poured out all the words I wanted to say, I turned my back mercilessly.

 

Now, I didn’t even want to see Dillian’s handsome face.

 

That time when I annoyedly removed the water flowing down my chin.

 

A strong arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me. As I collapsed into Dillian’s arms with no escape, he embraced me with all his might.

 

“Say it again.”

 

The eyes looking at me were boiling like lava.

 

Do you think I’ll say it? Who do I like?

 

“Move!”

 

Still not relieved of my anger, I pushed Dillian on the shoulder.

 

However, his rock-hard body did not budge no matter how hard I tried.

 

Rather, tangled like a vine, he buried his lips in my ear and whispered.

 

As if to comfort me, in a friendly voice.

 

“I was wrong. For hurting Miss Ria, I will live with an apologetic heart for the rest of my life.”

 

And whispered softly. It was as seductive as the devil’s temptation.

 

“So, can you say it again?”

“Uh.”

 

His hot breath tickled his ears.

 

I trembled and pushed his shoulders away, barely widening the distance, but this time, eyes brimming with heat caught me.

 

As if licking my face, the dark eyes made my whole body itch now.

 

“… Can a person change so drastically?”

 

When he turned around and got angry, now he acted like a completely different person.

 

But it was the same with me.

 

At some point, my anger towards him disappeared like snow, and shame filled me.

 

“Do you really like me? Really?”

“I never said I like you.”

“Lie. You said you like me while crying earlier.”

 

You didn’t use honorifics only in this kind of situation!

 

The pleasantly raised corners of his lips hung at the end of my field of vision.

 

For a brief moment, his lips that passed my gaze were stuck in the eyes and did not fall off.

 

His slightly chapped lips twitched. At the same time, strength entered my hand holding his shoulder.

 

“Did you ask me to say it again?”

 

I lowered my head towards him.

 

“Miss Ria?”

 

I kissed Dillian. Surprised, his widened eyes were the last sight before I closed my eyes.

 

It seemed as if time had stopped. The wind blowing and the sound of dripping water either.

 

Everything has gone away

 

‘They say the first kiss is sweet like candy, but it doesn’t taste like anything, though.’

 

If you ask, it tastes like water, maybe? That was it.

 

It was good though. As if stamping a stamp, I pressed my lips to his firmly, then slowly opened my eyes.

 

Dillian stiffened and looked at me while holding his breath.

 

As if possessed by a ghost, his dazed eyes soon subsided insidiously.

 

“… Now you know, right?”

 

Smelling something might go wild, I quickly escaped from Dillian.

 

However, as soon as I got to my knees, I was caught by him again and dragged away.

 

“Are you going to pass like this?”

 

A warm hand wrapped around the back of my head.

 

Our noses collided in the narrow street in an instant.

 

“Tell me. Why?”

“… Do you do this while knowing?”

“I don’t know anything, though?”

 

As he let out a small laugh, his hot breath splattered against my cheek.

 

I lowered my eyes to that savage face then raised my head, startled by the words I immediately heard.

 

“Let’s do it one more time. Until I know for sure.”

 

My voice, which was about protesting about where there was such a thing, was eaten by him as he swallowed my lips.

  

***

  

Dillian hugged the squishy body tightly in his arms.

 

Contrary to the strong touch, the lips that swallowed Ria’s lips were cautious. In case she was startled, he was afraid that she would run away, so he desperately suppressed himself and caressed her gently.

 

Ria’s body trembled as he bit her lower lip gently so as not to get hurt, as if begging her to open her mouth which was tightly closed like a clam.

 

Shh. As he gently stroked her back, Ria slowly released her strength from her body.

 

And finally, a small gap appeared.

 

Dillian, the veteran hunter, did not miss the opportunity. Their breaths intertwined with each other.

 

“Hmph.”

 

Ria’s lively voice ignited his barely suppressed desire.

 

Damn it, Dillian muttered to himself.

 

With that small, soft voice, the dam that had been built up until now collapsed.

 

His heart stiffed at the sweet kiss that made his tongue tingle.

 

“Suff, suffocate….”

“Shh, it’s okay. Breathe through your nose.”

 

Is it that easy? While crying, Ria exhaled through her nose as Dillian instructed.

 

The reason she didn’t push him was simple.

 

Because she didn’t hate it. The kiss with him was so enchanting that she thought it was okay even if she died.

 

Ria left herself in the rushing waves.

 

Dillian devoured everything from her as if not to let Ria go.

 

It was the same with Dillian who couldn’t come to his senses.

 

He really liked Ria, who had the same heart as him, and so his heart was beating like crazy.

 

Wondering, his heart was pounding like this and he thought he was going to die.

 

But Dillian didn’t stop. He couldn’t stop. Like someone with a broken brake.

 

With that tenacity, Ria eventually raised the white flag.

 

Ria gasped, she couldn’t take it anymore and turned her head. Dillian, unable to bear even that brief moment, chased her lips and swallowed it in haste.

 

“Stop, stop…!”

 

Ria raised her hand and covered his mouth as he approached.

 

Has anyone ever died kissing? She was out of breath so much that it was such an absurd thought. Now it was her limit.

 

Ria, who was arranging her breath, trembled at the dampness she felt in her palms.

 

Dillian smiled like a fox and kissed Ria’s palm.

 

“Stop it….”

“I haven’t heard an answer yet.”

 

Chuu, chuu. At the strange sensation of hot and tickling, Ria burst into tears with a blushed face.

 

“… I like you. I liked you, so I did it.”

“Do you really like me?”

“Then, why do you think I’m trying to win against Grandfather?”

 

Ria’s face turned red and looked like it would explode if poked.

 

“Well, Miss Ria is the type of person who doesn’t look back once the fire is lit.”

 

Until now, Dillian, who had mistakenly thought it was because of her desire to win, could not contain the laughter that kept leaking out.

 

“Is it because of me?”

“It is.”

 

Dillian smiled brightly as if he had the world at the blunt answer.

 

“I like you too. I like you, Miss Ria.”

 

Ria’s face blushed at that simple confession.

 

“I know. You like me enough to turn your eyes around jealousy and try to kill the prince.”

“I can give Miss Ria the world if you want. I will put you on the highest seat in the Empire.”

“I hate it. I absolutely hate it!”

 

Ria groaned, and Dillian kissed her as if appeasing her.

 

Ria stopped his kiss that like a small bird’s peck.

 

“Stop it. It’s going to puff.”

 

No, it looks like it’s already swollen. Her lips tingled at how much he was tormenting her.

 

That was then. Her neck stung.

 

When she asked him to stop, he bit her neck.

 

“Ack. Why did you bite me!”

“I want to mark it as mine.”

 

He was going to show it proudly in case that bastard spoke the nonsense like it was fate again.

 

Let’s bother him. Dillian, who was grunting inwardly, tilted his head at Ria’s gaze that glanced at him.

 

“Why?”

“Can I do it too?”

 

What? Did you ask to leave a mark on my neck?

 

Dillian’s heart pounded wildly at Ria’s unexpected and aggressive words.

 

Ria, who mistook the gesture for rejection, looked at the distant mountain and chanted.

 

“If you don’t like it….”

“I never said no.”

 

Dillian quickly grabbed Ria’s chin and made eye contact with her.

 

“I like my wife because she is faithful to her desires.”

“Stop teasing me!”

“Here, please do it. Wife.”

 

Putting his shirt down and sticking his neck out, Ria jumped up.

 

“No. I won’t!”

 

Ah, it’s so cute. Dillian hugged Ria as she ran away.

 

As if she were his world.

 

For a very long time.