The Omega Princess and Her Two Leashes - Chapter 56

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Chapter 56

“From now on, I would appreciate it if you would focus more on me.”

“Ah, yes.”

Arlenrose was momentarily startled and bit her lip.

They were so close that she could hear his breathing. Her mind was clouded by the thick pheromones and body odor that filled her with every breath. The fact that the tip of his firm chest was touching hers was unbearable.

Focus more on me, he said. If she focus on him any more than this, she might really go crazy.

As Arlenrose silently cursed him, the melody played by the orchestra changed. It was truly difficult. The song was even slower than the one she had danced to with Leybid.

“This song is quite fitting.”

Their fingers intertwined. The two hands, clasped together, stretched out to one side, bringing their bodies even closer. Camin slowly turned them around and recited an old memory.

“Your Highness, who had suddenly disappeared, returned to the castle. It was not long after I became a knight, and the dance we shared was our first and last.”

“That’s how it was.”

Arlenrose couldn’t bring herself to meet Camin’s eyes and lowered her gaze. Whenever he mentioned the three years she had disappeared, her chest would tighten with guilt, and she wouldn’t know what to do with herself.

“I haven’t danced with anyone else since then, but I was secretly proud to be the only one Your Highness danced with… I’m a little sad that it won’t be that way anymore.”

Arlenrose’s face flushed with heat, turning red all the way to her ears.

Camin, who thought of her as an alpha, must have meant it as a pure gesture of friendship, but to Arlenrose, it felt like jealousy. Perhaps because of the three-year gap, there were times when he felt a subtle possessiveness in her friendship, like now.

“That’s why I’m dancing with Sir Camin again.”

Camin chuckled at Arlenrose’s gruff response to hide her feelings.

“Yes. If you dance with someone else in the future, you must dance with me like this.”

His tone was different from usual. It wasn’t the calm and taciturn escort knight, but the tone of the young Camin who used to pester her to play with him. However, the voice and laughter that fell on her ears were soft and sweet enough to make her heart flutter, unlike back then.

“How was your dance with the Crown Prince? Was it fun?”

“I only danced for the sake of the relationship between the two countries, so how could it be fun?”

“From afar, it looked like you were having fun.”

“You saw wrong.”

Camin’s eyes narrowed slightly as Arlenrose answered decisively.

“Then, are you having fun now?”

“Of course.”

“You enjoy dancing with me more than with the Crown Prince, don’t you?”

“Of course.”

Camin chuckled again at the blunt answer.

It was really difficult. It wasn’t just his voice that was difficult. His appearance, which was particularly beautiful and handsome today, the bodies that rubbed against each other as they moved to the music, the hands that intertwined deeper and deeper, his scent and pheromones that grew stronger with each passing moment…

Really, everything was unbearably difficult.

When she was dancing with Leybid, she was so preoccupied with trying not to step on his feet and making awkward conversation that she couldn’t concentrate on the dance properly. Now, for a different reason, she was having trouble concentrating. She couldn’t be indifferent to the sight, sound, smell, and touch he felt while dancing with Camin.

That’s why the time she spent dancing with Camin felt both fleetingly short and agonizingly long. It was amazing that she had somehow reached the end, even though her mind was so confused.

The music, which had been flowing smoothly, came to an end, and their dance stopped. The two stood still, facing each other for a moment, before bowing without a word.

“I enjoyed it.”

“I enjoyed it too.”

After greeting each other, Arlenrose raised her head and smiled gracefully.

“I think I’m sweating a lot from dancing twice in a row. I should go to the restroom and check my makeup.”

“Ah, Your Highness…”

Camin seemed to be about to say something, calling out to her, but Arlenrose backed away and fled the scene as if escaping.