This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 181
Chapter 181
Translator: Yonnee
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“There are moments when swearing might be appropriate, as I’ve heard.”
“……”
He’s accelerating out of nowhere again.
Seriously, turn on the blinkers before swerving, at the very least.
“As much as it’s… um, appropriate… I don’t like swearing.”
When Reina responded while looking away, Ethan pressed his body closer. It was a different gaze from the atmosphere of the joke they were just exchanging.
“Then, at those times, it might be nice to call out my name.”
‘Those times’?
“……”
In response to Ethan’s natural demand, Reina moved her lips slightly, as if hesitating. Eventually, she burst into laughter as if conceding to his persistence, nestling into his embrace.
“I do too.”
“Specifically, what?”
Despite knowing, thanks to the lover who asked, Reina smiled slightly, tilting her head to meet his gaze.
“Well, it’s nothing much. You call others ‘Miss’ but I’m the only one you call by name. I like it a lot.”
With a playful twist of her eyes, her red lips lightly curved in a delighted arc, matching the crescent moons of her eyes.
At that moment, Ethan gently pulled her into his arms, as she had gracefully danced out of the trap he set.
“That wasn’t the answer I wanted to hear.”
“Oh, really? But I don’t know what answer you want, Ethan.”
Turning the conversation with a lively shrug, Reina embraced his waist tightly.
As she buried her face into the broad chest, the refreshing scent that had now become a part of her life wafted up.
“Ah~ I like Ethan’s scent the best.”
Her quiet partner, who had been silent for a moment, soon let out a sigh-like chuckle from above her head.
He, too, gently snuggled her more into a tighter embrace.
“Ethan, you know.”
Fully leaning on her lover, she pushed out a languid voice.
“I really like your eyes that chase after only me. And your lips that say, ‘You’re the only one for me’.”
The murmuring sound reverberated around his heart, and he focused on the sound while silently feeling the breath of the woman in his arms.
“And, even your big hands, which act as if they’re not at all busy pushing other people away the hands of others while already pulling me in like this. So unbearably lovely.”
After that, small confessions continued.
“I also like your words, which are harsh to others but endlessly affectionate to me.”
As there seemed to be no more words to say about what she ‘liked’, she raised her face to meet his gaze.
“But I feel like I’ve taken all of those lovely and good things for granted until now. I’ve just chalked up the differences in our love languages.”
When Reina didn’t properly know the woman who was with Ethan, it felt like her blood was boiling in reverse.
Around her, the world collapsed. The past choices she had made were all coming back to bite her. And, even if it was just a moment, she resented Ethan for not having endured their brief time apart. Then, at the end, she blamed herself for ruining this relationship.
Indeed, in less than thirty seconds, she experienced such internal strife that one might face in a lifetime.
“I really reflected a lot.”
Even though it was less than a day, seeing him with another woman made her chest feel suffocated. What feelings had Ethan harbored by her side during that time? How much had he suffered?
As these thoughts surged in her mind, tears welled up.
“You felt very anxious and resentful, right?”
With a trembling voice, Reina burrowed even deeper into his embrace.
The murmuring sound echoed around the edges of his heart.
“I’m sorry… Ethan. I’m sorry for being the worst lover for making you doubtful and anxious.”
He didn’t offer the typical comforting words like ‘No, Reina.’
“Thank you for caring, Reina.”
Yes, that’s more like Ethan.
“No, I’m even more grateful for your thanks.”
Tenderly pulling away from Reina, Ethan planted a soft kiss on her eyelids. And as the gentle lips left her eyelids, she spoke again.
“I’ll clear things up as quickly as possible with Eli.”
“Thank you, Reina.”
With one hand released, he wrapped his arm around his lover’s back. As they naturally started walking along his guidance, a question settled over Reina’s head.
“By the way, will tomorrow’s Assembly meeting go well?”
“Of course, Ethan.”
Despite the ongoing cold war, reforms were steadily continuing.
‘Is this what the adult world is like…’
She keenly felt the truth in the saying that love is love, and work is work. Now she understood why people strongly advised against workplace romance.
“Reina, if it’s burdensome, it’s okay to approach them in a different way.”
Facing the worried greetings, she lowered her head slightly.
“Ethan, did you forget? My original character was ‘Innocent Lady’.”
To reiterate, acting was her main job.
So, tomorrow’s assembly meeting wouldn’t be a big deal.
* * *
The assembly meeting held today was not only about discussing policies but also a day when the emperor’s directives were issued.
Therefore, the assembly meeting took place not in the central conference room but in the emperor’s audience chamber.
“Director of the Efficient Technology Bureau under the Ministry of Technology, Reina of House Chantra— Come forward.”
As the Emperor Enoch’s dignified voice echoed between the officials standing on both sides, a woman who had been hiding at the far left on the left side timidly raised her head.
With eyes wide open, she looked around and pointed to her face.
As if saying, ‘Me? Are you talking about me?’ Her father and current Minister of Education, Viscount Ruzest, standing on the opposite side, sighed deeply, covering his eyes with his palms.
“Yes, Director Reina. You.”
The Emperor personally resolved Reina’s doubts.
Upon hearing this, the bewildered woman, whose eyes were quivering back and forth, stepped forward and approached carefully.
“I, Reina of House Chantra, rose of the nine households and the ruler of the western sea, greet Your Majesty Emperor Enoch and Your Grace Grand Duke Benedict of the Pluntria Imperial Lineage, morning of the world and ruler of the sunset.”
Though she was a noble lady of the nine households, it was only natural to pay the utmost respects to the emperor.
“Oh, but… What’s this meeting for anyway…”
Reina’s naïve question soon prompted Viscount Ruzest, her father, to bow deeply out of shame.
This was the start of his blood pressure’s swift ascent, all caused by his daughter.
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