Thank You For The Confinement, Grand Duke! - Chapter 77.1
The sensation I expected never came.
Right, this was how it was supposed to be, but this was my reality. At this point, I thought he’d give me a kiss on the lips like expected, but where was the…?!
“Hick.”
I unconsciously inhaled and made a strange sound.
I thought he was just going to bury his face in my shoulder, but he gently kissed the line of my shoulder. I thought that was all, but then he did something unexpected.
Softly, as if caressing, his warm body moved, and a sharp pain followed. Even though he only lightly pressed his teeth, I felt like I needed to cover my mouth or else the sound would escape, so I raised my hands to clamp it shut.
It wasn’t exactly pain but more of a strange sensation. It felt as if I was offering my life force to those white teeth, waiting for them to chew it all up.
It was an unpleasant, ticklish, yet strangely expectant feeling.
“…Ha.”
After a while of gently chewing on the flesh inside my mouth, Enfrise pulled away with a soft kiss and lifted his head to look into my eyes.
His moist and wet gaze.
However, it wasn’t tears that made his eyes wet. His eyes looked as if they were dripping with sexiness.
“I worry every time I feel how lovely Chaperil is.”
“What, what do you mean…?”
“I’m afraid that I might ruin you because I like you so much. Even now…”
Enfrise’s fingers brushed over the spot he had been tormenting with his lips. His rough fingertips made me flinch and tremble without realizing it.
“I’m so happy that I’ve left my mark on you.”
Um, ri, right.
‘I’m glad you’re happy… although it feels a little strange.’
“To be honest, I don’t want to show you to anyone. If I could, I’d lock you away somewhere only I know, and have you only look at me. And I’d fill your white skin with my marks.”
….
He, he, wasn’t the tragic male-oriented lead for nothing!
He could say things like that?! Until now, he’d been so careful and cute that I thought that was his usual personality! But then again, if he was just sweet and docile, how could he do things like this?
“… Don’t be scared. I’ll never do something like that to you.”
The expression on Enfrise’s face looked as if he might cry at any moment.
Honestly, I didn’t know.
I didn’t understand this even when I read novels, and I still don’t understand it now that I’ve started to like Enfrise. The kind of love that was so intense you wanted to ruin the person you love. It was a completely foreign concept to me, someone who had never received normal affection.
I pulled Enfrise into my arms before he could fall.
“I don’t quite understand what you said, Enfrise.”
“You wouldn’t. That’s perfectly understandable.”
“Still…”
As I held him tightly around the waist, burying my face in his chest, he gently hugged me in return.
Carefully. As if afraid I might break.
“I know that if I’m hurt or in pain, Enfrise will feel it too.”
The Enfrise in the book was always cold and detached. He wore a sharp, blade-like edge around him, guarding himself with spikes.
That was because Enfrise had been hurt.
He didn’t want to hurt me, he couldn’t speak up because he wasn’t sure of things yet, and I understand that. Still, I also know that these desires of his must have mixed into everything. The Enfrise in the book knew. He knew this couldn’t go on.
He knew that Chaperil would be ruined this way.
Still, Enfrise didn’t know any other way. He was made to be this way unknowingly. And in doing so, he hurt himself as well.
So, I uttered.
“I believe you won’t hurt me.”
I raised my head and looked at Enfrise. We looked at each other in silence.
“….”
“….”
“….”
Enfrise’s expression became strange. His gaze wasn’t fully on me. No, wasn’t something just a bit off about what happened? It felt like we weren’t the only ones in this room…
“Frii.”
Enfrise reached for my shoulder, and then—
“Shhht!“
…Frii? When did you get here?
I turned my head slightly, and there was Frii, giving a threatening glare toward Enfrise. I’d seen Frii crawl under the bed earlier. When did it climb up?
Its dark, bean-like eyes met mine.
“What’s wrong, Frii?”
“Ppi!“
“You think Enfrise is bothering me, don’t you?”
“Ppi—!“
I chuckled softly and gently tickled its forehead, and then it let go of Enfrise.
“I guess it’s useless to think Enfrise is the one bothering me. Enfrise is protecting me, but I have a trusty bodyguard.”
Let’s just settle it at that, Enfrise.
“…I see.”
He gave a soft smile, looking like he was on the verge of tears.
* * *
“It’s bad for the heart.”
“Ppi?“
After the meal, Enfrise stepped out for a moment to handle something. I guess he was preparing for my trip to the Duke’s residence.
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