The Art of Reforming Villainous Men - Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Translator: Yonnee
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Who could possibly imagine that the seemingly indifferent expression of that man was, in truth, hiding a constant effort to suppress his lust, that he was more desperate than anyone else in this place to press his lips against Adeline’s skin?
But Adeline knew.
She understood that the only reason that wild beast of a man, more fitting to be called feral than restrained, was holding himself back was for one purpose alone.
To savor the moment when she, defeated by her own desire, would grow restless and beg for his touch.
A man who, more than anyone, wished for Adeline’s downfall, openly displaying his blatant lust without any intent to hide it, waiting for his chance.
“Haah, ah, hng…!”
That gaze frightened Adeline but aroused her at the same time.
From where his manhood thrust into her, wet, obscene sounds even more vulgar than their shared kiss echoed.
The moment when pleasure and heat blurred reason.
The man who had swept aside Adeline’s sweat-dampened golden hair whispered tenderly,
“So vulgar yet so beautiful, Adeline Zeller.”
So, say it.
Say you want me to crawl to you like a dog in heat.
If that’s what you wish, I’ll gladly become a beast in heat between your legs.
Who would dare imagine that a duke’s precious daughter was hiding such a depraved nature?
His voice, designed to evoke shame, only stoked the heat simmering beneath her navel.
And she couldn’t deny it.
Adeline wanted him.
Even with two of them pressed against her, it wasn’t enough; she craved another wave of lust to flood over her.
Finally, as Adeline’s wet lips parted and a pleading light flickered in her murky green eyes, the man sighed in satisfaction.
“What a shameless woman.”
Despite his scolding words, the corners of his lips curved faintly.
Beyond the shadow that loomed over her as he had desired,
Adeline saw three pairs of eyes gazing down at her.
Eyes filled with undulating lust and obscenity.
“Adeline.”
“Renée.”
“Milady.”
The men who came to Adeline’s bedchamber each called her by their own names.
Whether in her previous life, when they had ruined her family, or now, as she exchanged kisses with them.
Their unrestrained addresses served as proof.
This was how they desired Adeline.
* * *
Adeline Zeller.
She could still vividly recall the day her world crumbled.
“…What is going on here?”
It was the day she returned home, two weeks after leaving the capital to finalize her divorce.
The ducal mansion, where Adeline had lived her entire life, remained as majestic and grand as ever, exuding its timeless elegance.
The problem lay in the unfamiliar people bustling inside, moving the household items outside.
“Careful, don’t break that!”
“Bring the paintings over here—they’re being put up for auction!”
The workers busily moving things paid Adeline no attention, even though the true owner of both the mansion and its belongings—the Zeller Duchy—was none other than her, Adeline.
They say when shock overwhelms you, your voice fails to come out.
Adeline was in just that state.
“H-How… how could this…”
What kind of family was the Zeller Duchy?
A prestigious noble lineage so illustrious that its hallways could be adorned entirely with titles and medals bestowed by the Emperor.
Since the Empire’s founding, never once had the name of the Zeller Duchy lost its luster—noble family at the top of society’s hierarchy.
Though in the last fifty years its power had gradually waned, reducing its reality to little more than a gilded castle built on a mountain of debt.
No matter how impoverished, could its honor truly fade?
A golden castle remains golden no matter what anyone says.
‘The Zeller Duchy is my pride and my everything.’
Thus, after the passing of her father, the previous Duke of Zeller and her sole family, Adeline inherited the title and dedicated her entire life to preserving the Zeller Duchy.
‘No, that’s not it.’
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say Adeline’s very existence revolved around her family.
The first thing she did after her father’s death was marry.
The reason was simple.
‘The enormous debt.’
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