CH 15.5

Lila took a bath and put on a robe. As she sat on the couch in the bathroom, lotioning her body, she thought about what had happened earlier at the orangerie.

Pleased by her aggressive kiss, Lucas had captured her lips and wouldn’t let go, licking her insistently as if to carve his mark on her mouth.

Lila grimaced as she unconsciously traced her lips with her fingers.

“Mmm, tastes like lotion…”

Wiping the lotion from her lips with a tissue, she stood up and headed for her bedroom. Sitting on the bed, she thought of his hot tongue and hands again.

She flopped down on the bed and pressed her lips together.

“That felt a little hot…”

Sometimes kissing him made her lose her mind and she couldn’t think, but it certainly felt hot today.

Surprised that she remembered such a detail, Lila quickly scrambled across the bed.

She covered her face and kicked at the covers with her feet, feeling so embarrassed…

She then let out a long sigh. She was so happy that her whole chest was shaking. As she breathed in and out to calm herself, she let out a small laugh.

“Oh dear…”

Rubbing the corners of her mouth, Lila lifted her upper body and looked at the black ring that sat neatly on her finger.

Despite its plain design, it exuded a unique aura. As she stared at it with a smirk on her face, the door suddenly slammed open.

BANG!

The sound was so loud that Lila covered her ears and closed her eyes, frozen in place by the scent that instantly took over the room.

Her eyes snapped open at the familiarity of his scent. Lucas strode toward her, his face flushed red.

“Lucas?”

Lila tensed up at his grave expression, so unlike anything she’d ever seen. She stared up at his face, water dripping from his freshly washed hair, and he held out his hand.

“… Lila.”

He called, taking her hand in his. Lila’s shoulders shivered at his body temperature, which felt hot.

It flashed through her mind that if his voice had a temperature, it would be like scalding water. His voice and scent, hot and lustful, sent shivers down her spine.

“What’s wrong?”

She was worried about him. He lay sprawled out, his arms wrapped around her as she gazed into his hazy, mint-colored eyes.

Burying his nose in the nape of her neck and breathing in deeply, Lucas responded in a melancholy voice that sank as low and deep as the ocean.

“It’s weird… I’m not in a cycle right now…”

Unable to finish his words at the sweet scent, he hurriedly licked the nape of her neck.

“Lucas?”

Lila reached up and wrapped her arms around his head, realizing that his ear and flesh beneath it were incredibly hot.

“Wait, Lucas…”

Worried, she tried to stop him, but Lila couldn’t. His scent, which had been floating gently around her, began to drip like a weight all at once.

As if trying to immobilize her, the scent melted away like it had a mind of its own, restraining her body.

“… This is weird. I’ve never felt anything like this…”

Lucas easily took possession of Lila, who was clad only in a bathrobe, as he frantically sucked on her exposed white skin. He stuck out his long tongue to lick up the sweet scent.

“Hmm…”

Lila shuddered at the familiar rush of pleasure. No, it felt more than usual.

Through the dishevelled bathrobe, Lila could only grab hold of Lucas’s head, feeling like she was going to be swept away somewhere if she didn’t hold on to it.

“Lila…”

Lucas whispered low, licking the nape of her neck. Lila’s shoulders slumped at the low voice right next to her ear.

“Haah… It’s weird, but it’s crazy good.”

Lucas gently stroked the curling flesh. He caught the peak between his fingers and twirled it.

“I drank the potion… but my body isn’t listening, and I didn’t want to look like this to you, but… I can’t help it.”

He looked down at her, not with his bright mint-colored eyes, but with wet, lustful ones.

“It’s not enough… I can’t get enough of your scent, even when I eat it. And I’m always impatient.”

As he spoke, he slid his hand down, casually spreading her legs wider. He was also dressed very lightly, so he easily undid her front.

The stiffness of his desire stirred her.

“Lucas…”

Lila called, gasping at the scent that still seemed to bind her.

“Hmm?”

Lucas replied, pressing a kiss to the delicate ring on her finger.

Mint-colored eyes flickered up from beneath her lashes.

“Are you okay?”

Taking a hint from his words, Lila could tell he was in heat right now.

She wasn’t sure why he was doing this all of a sudden, but she was worried.

Anything out of the ordinary could not be a good sign.

Lucas’s eyes darkened even more at her question, and his throat rumbled with it. He couldn’t help himself.

He couldn’t help but love the way he had come out of nowhere and startled her, and then she worried about him first.

His heart, which knew no bounds, seemed to eat him up.

All he could think about was her, and every bad thought in his mind followed her, even the ones that threatened to obsess and possess her.

She wanted to turn the entire mansion into a cage and lock her away so she could never leave him.

Even if she changed her mind, she would never be able to escape his grasp.

Dark, mint-colored eyes glowed with dark obsession and madness. Like the winter frost on a window, it spread slowly and widely, beautifully shaped, but cold and brittle in reality, and he would not want such a fragile obsession.

“Hhoo…”

With a deep sigh, he squeezed his eyes shut and opened them. His eyes were steaming and blurry, as if he’d poured boiling water over his head.

But with the tiniest bit of clarity, he looked down at Lila. His only thought was that he didn’t want to hurt her.

More than his own needs, he wanted her to be happy. He wanted her to look at him and smile for the rest of her life.

He already knows that her tear-stained cobalt eyes are beautiful, but Lucas knows that they’re even more beautiful when she smiles at him.

“Lala.”

He says, lifting her hand and planting a small kiss on the ring finger where the ring is.

“Remember when I told you I’d protect you with my life…?”

Lila nodded slowly, dazed by the sensation piercing beneath her.

“I think I need to rephrase that.”

“… Huh?”

Lila couldn’t bring herself to look at him, unable to focus on the sensations that were rising without him touching her, only to shudder and grip his shoulders as his body rose beneath hers and fell slightly.

Lucas whispered in her ear, his lips close to hers, his voice heartfelt.

“With my life, I’ll make you happy, and I’ll always think of you more than myself. I promise…”

“Ah…”

Lila blinked hard at his sincerity as it lazily penetrated her eardrums. Moisture quickly gathered in the corners of her eyes, already red from the heat.

As she sobbed, Lucas planted a rain of kisses on the corners of her eyes and forehead, then slowly penetrated her.

“Hmph!”

Lucas held back his desire to be rough, but Lila, who had become one with him without his caresses, threw her arms around his shoulders and clung to him.

Her small gesture only hardened Lucas’s desire.

“Hah, Lala…”

He moaned her name as he slowly picked up the pace. His eyes squeezed shut and his hips moved wildly, feeling her every inch.

The need to hold her gently clashed with the need to take every single hair from her body.

Walking a tightrope, he raised his upper body and grabbed her around the waist.

“Haa…”

The heat seemed to melt into his veins and flow with him. Despite the potion he’d taken to stave off his arousal, he was losing his cool.

The heat enveloped his entire body and Lucas tore his shirt off roughly. His upper body, already drenched in sweat despite the wash, throbbed with toned muscles.

Lucas ran a rough hand through her hair, giving her a break from the last shred of sanity she had left.

His eyes were fierce, like a predator subduing its prey with its paws, and…

It was strange. A long tongue flicked across his lips and disappeared. Gasping for breath and shivering, he patted Lila’s arm, then grabbed her around the waist and spun her around.

“Aah!”

Tears welled up in Lila’s eyes at the heat rising from somewhere inside her. His scent, thicker and heavier than usual, seemed to crush her.

But she didn’t find the sensation frightening, only exhilarating and giddy.

“Aah, Lila.”

Lucas murmured, cuddling into her as he left a trail of kisses down her back. The hard pecs of his chest were hot against her back.

His heart pulsed against hers as like it was resting on top of hers. Lila tightened her arms around him, listening to his throbbing heartbeat.

It didn’t last long before she collapsed under the weight of his entire body pressing down on hers.

“Hmm…”

Lucas sucked on the nape of her neck as he pressed down with his entire body. He was busy leaving his mark there, where her scent was the second strongest.

His undulating back and waist glistened in the light. A dense bead of sweat dripped down, soaking the bedding.

Lila begged for the burden.

“Aah, Lucas…”

She grabbed his arm and shook her head violently from side to side. She couldn’t help the tingling sensation that shot through her toes.

“Hmph.”

But contrary to her request, Lucas moved more ferociously, grabbing her face and turning it to kiss her roughly.

His lips closed tightly, as if to suck every moan and breath from her.

Lucas gripped her waist tightly, reveling in the heavenly pleasure.

“Ahmm..”

A never-ending surge of heat and blood rushed to one place. He exhaled his scent as he climaxed, feeling his vision turn black.

Like an intangible aura, his scent took over the room, driving his instincts as if he would leave his mark not only on her, but on everything she used.

He wanted to use her and the world to his advantage, to keep her locked away, unseen, untouchable, out of the reach of others.

Only by his side.

“I love you, Lala.”

Lucas left kisses on her cheek and ear, faking it like a sigh.

“… Yes, me too.”

Lila replied, shivering from the pleasure that still lingered. Lucas let out a small chuckle, pleased with her response.

Still, his hips didn’t stop. He moved very slowly, prodding her, then suddenly thrust hard.

“Hmph!”

“Ha, wife.”

Lifting their joined upper bodies, he pressed one hand to her waist and smiled.

Lila’s eyes widened at the sudden rush of pleasure and she turned her head.

The mint-colored gaze that met hers made her shiver involuntarily. His eyes were wide and piercing.

His voice, though, was as sweet as it could be.

“Lu, Lucas…”

Lucas ran his fingers along the curve of Lila’s back as she urgently called out to him, and he smiled deeply at the sight of her naked body rippling as he moved.

“Your body seems so sensitive, wife. Probably because you’re not used to it.”

“No, it’s not that…”

Lila broke eye contact and buried her head in the crook of his neck.

He shifted his hips ferociously, gently stroking her back and lower back.

Where did the reason that fought with his instincts go. His eyes were completely lost. For better or worse, Lila couldn’t tell what he was doing, only that she was lost in the pleasure he was giving her.

Wrapping his arms and legs around the lovely woman, Lucas whispered.

“I’ll help you get used to it, my lady.”

Unable to see the smirk on his face, Lila could only shake her head as she clung to his arm.