Life as a Tower Maid: Locked up with the Prince - Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Translator: Yonnee

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Still staring at me, Albert nodded. The way he raised his chin and moved his fingers was sexy, as if I was watching a photoshoot.

“Rosé, come here.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

I walked forward immediately and stood in front of Albert, who was sitting on the sofa.”

“Bring your face closer.”

“My face?” I asked warily.

Albert squinted.

“What do you think I’m going to do?”

“Aren’t you going to kiss me? I don’t think I’m wrong, I’m just saying this because I think you’ll actually do it.”

Albert got up from his seat, then stepped closer to me. He drew his face close to my ear, then said.

“That’s right. Don’t you like it?”

Well, it’s not like I don’t like it. There’s no way I’d hate kissing a handsome man.

But the situation was different.

“I don’t hate it, but…”

“But?”

“You’re only trying to kiss me because you don’t trust me. That’s why I don’t want to do it.”

“What does kissing have to do with not trusting you?”

“You’re just trying to see if I’m just blowing hot air, or if I’m actually willing to fulfill my contract with Your Highness.”

Albert laughed at my explanation.

“I don’t know what the hell happened to you yesterday, but you certainly changed.”

“They say people change overnight.”

“I’ve never heard of that.”

“Then I believe… it’s my own insight?”

“You must have read my mind. But there’s one thing you don’t know.”

“What is it?”

Albert placed his hand on my waist and pulled me close.

“I haven’t checked yet.”

The distance between us narrowed in an instant.

“I’ll have to see.”

He was still suspicious even after my persistent persuasion. And through skinship!

Emergency bells rang in my head. Even so, I resented my own lack of self-control because I didn’t want to push him away. But my life depends on this!

“If you don’t like it, just tell me now.”

“Your Highness, I’ve written in the contract that I’m sure I don’t want to maintain skinship anymore. If you can’t believe that, then isn’t aren’t you being foolish, Prince?”

I took this opportunity to insult Albert. Unfortunately, he didn’t seem to care at all.

Albert widened his eyes with a pitiful look. He raised his fingers and began to fold them one by one as he counted.

“How many times have you tried to deceive me?”

…I couldn’t say anything back.

That maid!

That damn Rosé!

…I didn’t have a choice after all.

“Will it be okay if I don’t respond to your kiss?” I asked in a sullen voice.

Albert smirked when he saw my expression.

“No. That’s not it.”

Albert, who murmured as if he whispered, stared straight into my eyes.

His gaze was so intense that it left me bashful. I blinked a lot, trying not to show my real feelings.

“You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.”

Maybe he knows that he’s much scarier if he said he’ll do it now.

A crisis should be turned into an opportunity. I became determined.

“It’s a good chance to get you to trust me more. Then, this will be the last time you’ll have to be close to me like this, Your Highness.”

I said this with utmost sincerity.

Then, after gulping, I continued.

“Let’s do it, then. T-That.”

“What do you mean, Rosé?”

Embarrassed, I was trying to beat around the bush, my words trembling like a ghost’s whisper.

I sighed deeply, then shouted.

“Kiss!”

As soon as I said so, Albert kissed me.

The hot breath on my lips took over my mouth. It was such a long kiss that I was gasping for air.

My body was rigid with tension.

I didn’t close my eyes. I couldn’t even guess what Albert was thinking, so I shouldn’t be stupid enough to enjoy the kiss.

And I wasn’t the only one who didn’t close their eyes. Albert didn’t either.

Our interlocked gazes were intense.

His lips pressed harder. It was a strong kiss, one that was for a lover.

…Albert was a really good kisser.

That’s all I could think about.

Then, his lips left mine.

I finally caught my breath.

On the other hand, Albert looked as if nothing had happened.

He was staring at me with an unreadable expression, but one corner of his lips soon lifted up.

“Rosé. Let me see that contract again.”

I smiled broadly.

Of course, it was a service smile.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Thank you for your patronage, dear customer.

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After reading the contract, Albert had some questions for me.

“How can I believe you’ll promise to carry out the contract’s terms?”

There’s a way, of course.

“Your Highness, we can use magic to sign the contract.”

“…Do you think I can use magic?”

It’s kind of confidential that he could use magic. It was a secret that he never told anyone.

But this was knowledge that readers of the novel knew about.

I continued speaking shamelessly.

“Your Highness knows how quick-witted I am, right? Why else would you want to look at the wand? Aren’t you trying to absorb the magic in the wand?”

“I didn’t think you’d notice.”

It was a roundabout way of saying he thought Rosé was too stupid to know about it, but what he was insinuating was true, I kept my mouth shut about it. It’s true that Rosé acted stupidly in front of him.

But the inquisition was yet not over.

“Then why did you allow me to use the wand at first? It wouldn’t benefit you at all.”

This was going to sound absurd, but I thought of a good enough reason for it.