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“I want to get married. As soon as possible.”
Seret said as she stared directly into Yuan's eyes.
Yuan stood with his hands in his pockets, staring at Seret silently. No emotion could be read on his expressionless face.
Why no reaction? Seret didn't understand Yuan's response.
It was strange that he showed no reaction to the marriage proposal. Shouldn't he be surprised or happy?
“Let us hasten the marriage.”
She thought he didn't hear well, so she repeated her words clearly.
“Marriage... like this all of a sudden?”
Yuan asked in an indifferent tone.
“Yes, I think it is better to get married sooner.”
To hasten the divorce as well. Determination was evident in Seret's eyes.
“I was thinking that we would get married in about two years...”
"Excuse me? No!"
Seret cut him off loudly. Within two years, her father's title document and the palace will have gone to someone else.
"no?"
Yuan tilted his head slightly and spoke slowly and languidly.
“Of course not. So this...”
She swallowed the continuation of the sentence, meaning that the divorce would also be delayed, then she cleared her throat and said firmly:
“This is a decision I have thought carefully about. I want us to get married as soon as possible.”
“Only a few days ago, Miss Enohater was demanding that the engagement be broken off. This sudden turn of events is… truly astonishing. I don’t know how to explain it.”
Yuan said as he watched her face.
“Of course, it will sound strange. But...”
Seret paused, not knowing how to continue. It was natural for him to find it strange.
After talking about breaking off the engagement, she is now pushing for marriage. Whoever does not find it strange is a fool.
Meanwhile, Yuan walked towards her with long strides. He quickly narrowed the distance until he was very close to her.
Abeera staggered towards her, so Siret took a step back.
"but?"
Yuan urged her to finish speaking.
It was so close that she was lost for words. I must seem like a really strange woman.
She should have prepared an alibi before she met him. She blamed herself for her rashness and had come to him in such a hurry.
“Did you suddenly fall in love with me?”
Yuan said in a low, soft voice that touched her ears.
Seret raised her head to look at him. Her gaze locked with his gray eyes.
His face was expressionless, but there was a clear feeling in his eyes. What Syrett read there was...anger.
“That's not the reason.”
His voice rang coldly.
Contrary to his tone, he reached out and gently and slowly tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear.
Siret shivered when his finger touched the tip of her ear.
She was stimulated by his look and his touch. She must get through this moment peacefully.
Yuan Freaktwister would need Seret Inohater eventually. I don't have to tremble or shrink.
“I must have realized that there is no better husband than Yuan Freaktwister.”
She said as she took another step back, maintaining her composure, and looked at him steadily.
Yuan laughed, but his laugh was a bit sharp.
“You really think so?”
She couldn't find an answer to his question.
He was never going to be a good husband. For Serret, Yoann Frecktwister was the worst possible husband.
“Don't lie, Siret.”
He extended his hand to gently touch her cheek.
This calm survey, and the sound of his voice calling her “Seret,” were enough to unnerve her.
Seret gripped his wrist, which was touching her cheek. His wrist was large in her grasp.
“What's the lie about it?”
She said as she moved his hand away from her face.
“There must be a reason behind this sudden change.”
“Aren't you willing to tell me?”
Yuan pulled his wrist out of her grip, then grabbed her waist and pulled her towards him.
Seret suddenly found herself in his embrace, so close she could feel his breath.
She instinctively put her hands on his shoulders, pushed him slightly and said:
“What reason? No reason.”
Her voice shook slightly with tension.
Yuan leaned his body as if he was about to kiss her, getting closer to her face.
She backed away, but his arm around her waist kept her from letting go.
His breath touched her lips. At the moment when he was about to kiss her, he pulled back a little and whispered in her ear:
“Make it clear to me. I don’t know how to explain the fluctuations of Seret Enohater.”
A shiver ran down her neck at the proximity of his voice.
But she looked up, pretending to be composed.
“How do I make it understandable? It’s just a fluctuation, as you said, Your Highness.”
He stared at her without answering.
“Yes. I acted a little spoiled. I thought that if I threatened to break off the engagement, His Excellency would give me a little attention.”
She said as she chose the form of a fiancé asking for love.
Even then, Yuan didn't say anything. He kept staring at her, and she kept staring at him.
The office was silent, but the glances exchanged were filled with unrest.
After a long time, Yuan broke the silence:
“Can I kiss you?”
He asked as if he was exhaling.
“Excuse me?”
Seret furrowed her eyebrows at the unexpected question.
It was a really silly question. To suddenly ask for a kiss.
“I have to at least kiss you. So I can...”
He did not finish, and leaned down to kiss her.
His soft lips touched hers. The sensation was both familiar and strange, and Seret gripped his arm tightly.
“Do you mind, Siret?”
He gently broke the kiss and asked again.
“What will change if I give permission? Do you understand my fickleness?”
"maybe."
He came closer again as if he was going to steal the kiss.
Seret slowly closed her eyes. It's just a kiss. I did worse in a previous life.
She thought he would give her a passing kiss and leave. That's all she thought...
But his kiss intensified, and her head began to spin.
She put her arms around his neck and clung to him naturally.
The work desk suddenly collided with her back, and Yuan picked her up and sat her on its surface.
His lips did not leave hers even as he lifted hers.
“Hmm...”
A soft moan escaped her.
His violent sucking on her lips and the tight intertwining of their tongues made her dizzy.
Then he gently handed her over to the desktop, and his lips descended from her mouth to her neck.
I was startled by his movement and grabbed his shoulder. When she regained consciousness, she pushed him away and sat down.
“That is not my mouth, Your Highness.”
She said while panting.
“So it seems.”
He looked at her completely calmly. Even his breathing was steady, as if the one who kissed her so ferociously was someone else.
As every time, Yuan remained the same after the passion, not a hair out of place, except a slight redness in his ears.
Siret got down from the desk and stood in front of him.
“Will you marry me, Your Highness?”
She said as she stared at him—it wasn't so much a marriage proposal as a deal. I will use you as you used me.
“Okay, let's get married quickly.”
He said as he stroked her hair with unexpected gentleness. She silently accepted his touch and smiled sadly.
How warm the touch of the man who planned to poison me.
She passed him and headed towards the door. She clenched the fist, but Lydia's face flashed in her mind.
She finally turned to Yuan, who was standing in the corner of the room, and said:
“It seems easy for a man to kiss a woman he doesn't like.”
Yuan turned towards her and stared at her with a sharp look.
Siret left the office without waiting for his answer.
“And what about a kiss? It’s a man who hugged a woman he didn’t love without hesitation just to have a baby.”
She muttered, bitterness on her face.
***
Yuan slumped his body in the seat, his expression tired.
She visited Mrs. Dillypine's house... that eccentric lawyer who encourages women to divorce?
The driver's words were echoing in his head and unnerving him.
Immediately after meeting the lawyer, Seret proposed marriage. It didn't take much thinking to understand the meaning.
Marriage with the intention of divorce. He laughed an empty laugh.
If she had continued to demand an annulment of the engagement, the marriage would have been forced in exchange for the return of the title to the house.
He was going to be the 'villain' then, but he wasn't going to back down. Because he wants it. Siret Enohater.
I want to get married. As soon as possible.
Her voice caressed his ear.
Thanks to her, he was no longer the villain… yet he didn't feel good.
She will probably continue to plan an elopement even after marriage.
That escaping woman awakened his possessiveness, and made him want to kiss her. After the kiss, that damned possession became even more intense.
“This drives me crazy.”
He laughed sarcastically to himself.
Lately, he no longer understands his condition. What is Seret Inohater basically?
She is nothing... a woman who was chosen out of nothing more than necessity.
Well, if that's what you want, I'll marry you.
But you will not escape, Siret Enohater. The moment the name Freaktwister is given to you, you will become mine… completely.
The corner of Yuan's mouth rose into a slanted smile.